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Introduce video cameras into operating theatres such
that patients under sedation or general anaesthetic
could replay their operation after the event if they so
desired. Quite possibly, such surveillance could be made
a legal right of the patient and its primary application
would be in ensuring that doctors and medical staff treat
their patients with due respect. The tapes could also be
used as evidence in malpractice lawsuits. The medical

103profession may be able to recoup some or all of the set
up costs by selling videos to the kind of patient that
would consider a tape an apt memento of their surgery.
David Owen

23 December 2000

Produce a television show called Ménage À Trois in Editor’s note:
which members of the public volunteer to share a three-There are two
in-a-bed sexual experience with two other participants questions we often
unknown to them before filming. The individuals would ask when considering
be interviewed before the event and asked what they an idea for
hope, or expect, from the experience (chiefly, what sexpublication: Would
they would like their partners to be). The threesomes this be popular?
Would this offend? As
104would then be randomly determined. No action would be this idea shows, a
double ‘yes’ does not
necessarily guarantee

rejection.

shown on screen but the participants would be

interviewed individually following their experience and

then together in Blind Date style.

Sam Torme
27 December 2000