Dr. Tell All
Here's evidence that the term "medical ethics" is an oxymoron when applied to some doctors:
The Charlotte Observer reports that James Shortt, the West Columbia, S.C., physician who allegedly supplied steroids to current and former Carolina Panthers players, plans to write a book.
He's hired Jose Canseco's business agent to guide the project.
Canseco, a retired baseball slugger, is the author of "Juiced," which alleges rampant steroid abuse by some of the game's top power hitters, including Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi.
The agent, Doug Ames, says Shortt's book will "blow a lot of people's minds." It will shake up the National Football League and, yes, it will name names.
Uh, aren't doctors required to keep patient information confidential?
No problem. Shortt will "get release forms and stuff," Ames explained.
Let's see. NFL players loading up on illegal performance-enhancing substances are going to give written permission for their doctor to use their names in a tell-all book. Could they be THAT dumb?
Well, who knows? Shortt and Ames must think so. In fact, they're banking on it.
Shortt must be pretty sure his literary career is going to be lucrative. I wouldn't give much for his medical career right now.
But then, maybe he was due to retire from medicine anyway.
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