Case A

Hapless Hospital employs Dr. Frank Aterror, a surgeon who in the past has sexually assaulted female patients. Suppose that he sees a thousand patients a year, half of them female and has allegedly assaulted two women over five years, making the individual risk for an individual female patient 2/2500, or .0008, or .08%. Should every female be informed of the risk of sexual assault?

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Discuss Case A. Be sure to provide your analysis and arguments.