Dark Mercy
A powerful post at The Doctor Is In regarding reports that:
To be quite honest, as pro-life and anti-euthenasia as I am, I am reluctant in judging this behavior. It obviously occurred under duress, and is hardly something they drill for in Med school.
But the reponse from one who is himself a doctor is important. He reacts to those doctors who explained their decision:
The total response is more complex than this quote can hope to capture. Read the entire post.
"Doctors working in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans killed critically ill patients rather than leaving them to die in agony as they evacuated hospitals…"
To be quite honest, as pro-life and anti-euthenasia as I am, I am reluctant in judging this behavior. It obviously occurred under duress, and is hardly something they drill for in Med school.
But the reponse from one who is himself a doctor is important. He reacts to those doctors who explained their decision:
The doctor informs us: “You have to understand these people were going to die anyway.” Yes, I do understand–and that is true of every living breathing human on this planet. But your patients died early–in your time, not theirs, under your hand, not that of a looter, nor the ravage of a disease, nor the savagery of storm. Your hand, doctor. Who granted you this right, this power?
The total response is more complex than this quote can hope to capture. Read the entire post.
Posted by Doug Williams on
Wednesday September 14, 2005 at 10:30pm
