[pinoyNP]

Originally Posted by medic2crna

Actually, if her brother in fact did not receive a c-scan, than she is not and cannot be called libelous. Libel is when you make statements that you know were not true. I feel that there was no error here. Facts are facts.

Rob

Not to beat a dead horse but how do you know without any amount of reasonable doubt that this is the FACT? There are always two sides to a story. One is innocent until proven guilty and merely taking one's word without due investigation is not how the law works. The problem with posting potentially defamatory messages in forums like this is that you don't know who are reading these. Hospital reps can be reading these posts and one is not completely anonymous on the internet. People can track you down and what you write can have potentially damaging consequences. As nurses, or would be nurses, we need to be careful with what we claim to be true. Allegations tend to interest a lot of people but in the end, is it productive or is it merely spreading gossip? At any rate, if there was truly a mistake or wrongdoing in the above case, allnurses is not the avenue to discuss this. Any lawyer can tell you that. That's why the owners of this site are careful about what posts are allowed by the moderators.

[Carebear77]

I thought this topic was dead. But in my own defense, I NEVER said the name of the hospital or names of any persons, so in all honesty it does not matter. Thank You to the other poster who backed me up

Originally Posted by pinoyNP

Not to beat a dead horse but how do you know without any amount of reasonable doubt that this is the FACT? There are always two sides to a story. One is innocent until proven guilty and merely taking one's word without due investigation is not how the law works. The problem with posting potentially defamatory messages in forums like this is that you don't know who are reading these. Hospital reps can be reading these posts and one is not completely anonymous on the internet. People can track you down and what you write can have potentially damaging consequences. As nurses, or would be nurses, we need to be careful with what we claim to be true. Allegations tend to interest a lot of people but in the end, is it productive or is it merely spreading gossip? At any rate, if there was truly a mistake or wrongdoing in the above case, allnurses is not the avenue to discuss this. Any lawyer can tell you that. That's why the owners of this site are careful about what posts are allowed by the moderators.