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Complications that come about as a result of that. so we thought it would be a great idea to show as a cautionary tale, all of the problems that happen and how to fix them. >> it's amazing. i went to the board approval process for neurosurgery. i was struck a lot of hospitals don't require someone be board certified. they should be board eligible. it's a much more fragmented system than people realize in getting board certification. let me ask about what is a complication versus a patient being unhappy with their result. how do you distinguish these things? >> even though we talk about informe...

Regard to expectations it just doesn't meet their needs and they can be unhappy so. there are two different things. >> the common operation in the united states is breast augmentation. and actually results in a complication which is scarring which distorts the implant which you can see and sometimes causes pain in as many as 30% of the cases. >> curious, when i get this question all the time am. i get asked can i please recommend a doctor or specialist for x, y, z. whatever it may be. if someone is saying how do i find a plastic surgeon who i'm least likely to have a complication with, get me ...

You recommend? how do you find people who you think are really credible and are going to likely do their job? >> i think you first of all, want to look for basic things like board certification, goodin sadding with the local medical board. you want to do some research online, and you have to be careful, there's a lot of reviews where patients are unhappy because their expectations weren't met, go to their office, look at their before and afters, get a feel for their practice, see if you can potentially talk to some of the patients. >> yeah, i mean, that's actually one of the biggest things we ...

Should consider taking the same action. why did you recommend that, and what do you think the practical effect of such a step would be? >> so we think it's totally incompatible of the role of the doctor. a doctor is about healing. a doctor is about soothing pain. a doctor is not meant to be conscripted by the state to make what is the involuntary killing of another person look as though it's a medical procedure like getting your teeth pulled or putting your dog to sleep. it's kabuki theater, rachel. we think doctors should stand up. whatever your position is on capital punishment. it's wrong t...

They're particularly important since anesthesia is one of the drugs they try to kill people with. they've gone a step further. they have a policy that would essentially revoke the board certification of any anesthesiologists who are found to be involved in executions. so from that professional association's perspective, you want to kill people, we can't necessarily stop you, but then we can say that you can no longer be an anesthesiologist anymore. not one who can practice anywhere in the u.s., at least. last month the "journal of the american medical association" published an editorial basica...