There is probably some correlation between one's profession and fetishes. We already know some programming languages attract certain types of personalities/attitudes so why would that be different elsewhere?
Where is the line between fetish and mental illness??? Why is it that if someone wants to cut off their own healthy limbs, we are calling this a fetish rather than saying what it is, a mental illness. No rationale human being would want this done. And before people state that there are many fetishes and that people have the right to have them, if any of you had a friend that wanted this done, you would take them to a professional to get them help, you wouldn't be encouraging them to cut off their legs.
There's the component of suffering for sure, but I think being a functional member of society is the most important. So if you don't annoy anyone with your abnormalities you are more likely to be considered sane.
Admittedly I'm not sure how an amputation fetish works. I don't know if it's about the act of amputation itself or if he liked looking at amputee porn, for example.
Like someone might have a humiliation fetish but not actually like seeing people get humiliated in the workplace, for example. A sexual context and an everyday context are very different.
The plainspoken doubt being expressed indirectly / by-analogy here is:
“Was their professional judgment impaired by their fetish?”
That concern is the correct one.
But: It doesn’t particularly matter how the fetish works, because people will assume that the existence of a fetish guarantees that judgment is compromised. That assumption will often be couched in terms of skepticism and doubt rather than as a flat statement of mistrust, especially here in the US. Unfortunately, the concern is valid, even when the frequent-but-not-always underlying assumption is not.
Has the licensing board ruled on whether or not patient abuse occurred yet?
If not, then, like, maybe don’t read this article at all. Wait for the outcomes of a professional evaluation. Don’t chase this particular ambulance. It’s not healthy to stop and admire a train wreck, and if it ends up not being a train wreck for patients, and professional care was given regardless, then it’s just gossiping about someone making irreversible physical edits to their body — a completely normal event around the world, starting at birth in many cultures, with widespread differences within each around how little/much editing is too little/much. I know HN likes to clamor about slipper slopes, and this is the sort of checkout aisle magazine headline fodder that leads to that:
Should someone who has had breast reduction surgery be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had leg lengthening surgery be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had a facelift be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had a tattoo be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had hair removal sessions be permitted to perform them?
Now, replace ‘to perform them’ with ‘to advise patients about them’; does the answer change?
Yes, amputation is ‘extreme’; so are many, many other voluntary (e.g. heart tattoos) and involuntary (e.g. dysphoria-treating surgeries) body edits. The level of concern expressed for the practitioner’s judgment should not be a function of the severity of edit, and we should always be alert for signs of corruption in those practitioners — whether it’s tattoos, leg lengthening, or limb amputation.
Because there's at least a possibility that the surgeon recommended and performed amputations in order to satisfy his own fetishes rather than to do what's best for his patients. As a doctor, he is supposed to do what is best for the patient, not himself.
If it is verified that he has performed medically unwarranted amputations, that'd probably result in some kind of criminal charge due to the grave and permanent bodily harm involved. The loss of his medical license would be the least of his problems.
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1695828-that-is-my-fetish
FTFY.
Particularly where the agent has specialised knowledge and/or privileged access.
Not uncommonly an issue in IT.
A growing concern with AI, to boot: Alignment.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_alignment>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alignment_Problem>
Warning for the squeamish: I only made it partway through the article before deciding it would probably make me nauseous if I continued.
... to say nothing of the monsters that use spaces instead of tabs ;)
What evidence do you have to back that up? I think you're trying to pull facts out of your a* to rationalize something.
In general, the DSM V draws the line at hurting yourself or other people.
What if that surgeon's advice had been part of the decision process that lead to you deciding to go ahead with amputation?
Like someone might have a humiliation fetish but not actually like seeing people get humiliated in the workplace, for example. A sexual context and an everyday context are very different.
“Was their professional judgment impaired by their fetish?”
That concern is the correct one.
But: It doesn’t particularly matter how the fetish works, because people will assume that the existence of a fetish guarantees that judgment is compromised. That assumption will often be couched in terms of skepticism and doubt rather than as a flat statement of mistrust, especially here in the US. Unfortunately, the concern is valid, even when the frequent-but-not-always underlying assumption is not.
Has the licensing board ruled on whether or not patient abuse occurred yet?
If not, then, like, maybe don’t read this article at all. Wait for the outcomes of a professional evaluation. Don’t chase this particular ambulance. It’s not healthy to stop and admire a train wreck, and if it ends up not being a train wreck for patients, and professional care was given regardless, then it’s just gossiping about someone making irreversible physical edits to their body — a completely normal event around the world, starting at birth in many cultures, with widespread differences within each around how little/much editing is too little/much. I know HN likes to clamor about slipper slopes, and this is the sort of checkout aisle magazine headline fodder that leads to that:
Should someone who has had breast reduction surgery be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had leg lengthening surgery be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had a facelift be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had a tattoo be permitted to perform them?
Should someone who has had hair removal sessions be permitted to perform them?
Now, replace ‘to perform them’ with ‘to advise patients about them’; does the answer change?
Yes, amputation is ‘extreme’; so are many, many other voluntary (e.g. heart tattoos) and involuntary (e.g. dysphoria-treating surgeries) body edits. The level of concern expressed for the practitioner’s judgment should not be a function of the severity of edit, and we should always be alert for signs of corruption in those practitioners — whether it’s tattoos, leg lengthening, or limb amputation.
https://reduxx.info/top-trans-medical-association-collaborat...
If it is verified that he has performed medically unwarranted amputations, that'd probably result in some kind of criminal charge due to the grave and permanent bodily harm involved. The loss of his medical license would be the least of his problems.