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Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control
From: jon () branch net (Jon Zeeff)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 09:58:20 -0500 (EST)
I'd like to point out that such things can be an invasion of privacy. While person A might claim that person B threatened to commit suicide, it is possible that person A wants to locate person B for other, not so good reasons. This will happen if all one has to say is "suicide" and everyone will ignore their normal privacy policies.
Thanks to everyone who responded. I was eventually able to reach one of the providers, who was able to identify the callers through logs, and passed the information to the local emergency people. The patient is now under treatment, and did not take a lethal dose.
I'd just like to point out the similarity between this event and the use of the phone company to track down suicide callers. This reminds me of
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Current thread:
- Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Howard C. Berkowitz (Jan 06)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Michael Dillon (Jan 06)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Wayne Bouchard (Jan 06)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Jon Zeeff (Jan 07)
- Followup--lessons learned in a NANOG Context Howard C. Berkowitz (Jan 07)
- Re: Followup--lessons learned in a NANOG Context Michael J. Diehn (Jan 07)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Wayne Bouchard (Jan 06)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Michael Dillon (Jan 06)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control ALAN DORN HETZEL JR (Jan 07)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Howard C. Berkowitz (Jan 07)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Justin W. Newton (Jan 07)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Joe Rhett (Jan 08)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Marc Unangst (Jan 08)
- Re: Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control ALAN DORN HETZEL JR (Jan 08)
- Re: Thanks to all--medical emergency under control Jeffrey Payne (Jan 08)