http://belilovskypediatrics.com/news/2007/10/19/how-i-broke-the-law-for-90-seconds/ news and commentary from www.babydr.us (www.belilovskypediatrics.com) by Anatoly Belilovsky, MD Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://belilovskypediatrics.com/news/2007/10/19/how-i-broke-the-law-for-90-seconds/#comment-1606 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:40:33 +0000 http://belilovskypediatrics.com/news/2007/10/19/how-i-broke-the-law-for-90-seconds/#comment-1606 how did you get around that? if it costs money to take a complete blood count (which i suspect it does) how did you get around the insurance problems? did you just not file it or did they pay by themselves? how did you get around that? if it costs money to take a complete blood count (which i suspect it does) how did you get around the insurance problems? did you just not file it or did they pay by themselves?

]]> http://belilovskypediatrics.com/news/2007/10/19/how-i-broke-the-law-for-90-seconds/#comment-1604 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:39:42 +0000 http://belilovskypediatrics.com/news/2007/10/19/how-i-broke-the-law-for-90-seconds/#comment-1604 [...] A while ago I wrote of my small bit of civil disobedience – disobeying, for all of a minute and a half, the letter of the law governing the reporting of suspected child abuse. Here, in contrast, is a report of someone who obeyed the law perfectly. I will leave to the reader any judgement on whether this is a law sometimes best honored in breach and not the observation. [...] […] A while ago I wrote of my small bit of civil disobedience – disobeying, for all of a minute and a half, the letter of the law governing the reporting of suspected child abuse. Here, in contrast, is a report of someone who obeyed the law perfectly. I will leave to the reader any judgement on whether this is a law sometimes best honored in breach and not the observation. […]

]]> http://belilovskypediatrics.com/news/2007/10/19/how-i-broke-the-law-for-90-seconds/#comment-1582 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:22:23 +0000 http://belilovskypediatrics.com/news/2007/10/19/how-i-broke-the-law-for-90-seconds/#comment-1582 I believe what you did was professional in nature, you had to do what your profession asked you to do : Save the child's life. What got the better of me in this article was why the childcare workers did that to a poor 2-year old toddler and why you did not report as soon as the life-saving procedure was done. I'm sure the judiciary system would be inclined to side with you regarding your breech of the laws in this case. And that whatever evidence could be corroborated by witnesses (the mother for one, you for another, and the medical staff that you worked with, not to mention the other workers in the childcare center). I believe what you did was professional in nature, you had to do what your profession asked you to do : Save the child’s life. What got the better of me in this article was why the childcare workers did that to a poor 2-year old toddler and why you did not report as soon as the life-saving procedure was done. I’m sure the judiciary system would be inclined to side with you regarding your breech of the laws in this case. And that whatever evidence could be corroborated by witnesses (the mother for one, you for another, and the medical staff that you worked with, not to mention the other workers in the childcare center).

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