Nope, no oath here (Sweden). Still an Anaesthesiologist. As demonlapin said, it's very easy to "flip the switch" to off. Still, I would not want other peoples lives on my conscience. Apparently most normal people are like that...

This is actually interresting. EMR systems should not be that complex. The base system is just text data, in chronological order that never (should) change. I'm visioning kind of a CVS system for a cover sheet for ease of use (latest record always complete but all changes traceable) but all notes accessible. Lab data is just numbers. X-ray data is more complicated but for that there is separate good systems, for instance Sectra. Also, most doctors do not need to see the actual x-rays, they only need the answer from the radiologist. This is basicly just a referral and can be handled the same way. Of course it is possible to make the systems do more, but the basic core should be there first. Easy to use. In standardised database format accessible through different frontends if need be (or competition rules mandate). Please oh please just get the basic bit right. Then it's okay to bolt on time booking, payment processing and other stuff that I don't care about or want to see as a clinician. Yes, I am a doctor. Anaesthesiologist. Also, I like programming.

Actually, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine is awarded by the Karolinska Institutet, which, while located next door to one of the hospital sites, is an entirely different entity.

That actually depends. General Anaesthesia can be dangerous under certain circumstances, such as preexisting cardiopulmonary conditions, emergency surgery and others. For young, otherwise healthy individuals GA is actually quite safe. As for the post above, we do have some idea (blocking of GABA channels, stabilisation of membrane potentials) of how it works but not why that actually makes people sleep. This is, however, one article that I will definitely try to read....