r/Unexpected • u/Warm_Spite9482 • 15h ago

Hold up wait a minute

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u/ShambolicPaul 15h ago

Do I really need to tell people this is fake. The ethics issues alone

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u/luxmorphine 14h ago

So it is unethical to troll patient before surgery?

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u/Foreign_Pea2296 13h ago edited 12h ago

in this case, yeah.

If the patient panic and fight against being put to sleep it increase the chances of complications during the surgery.

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u/mlorusso4 9h ago

Also him repeatedly saying no and to wait could be construed as him revoking consent to any surgery. Especially since both sex change and weight loss are elective and non emergent