Posted by madeline on October 14, 2006, at 21:43:04
In reply to Re: If I were an MD, I think I would volunteer to » madeline, posted by alexandra_k on October 14, 2006, at 18:59:03
Well to answer your question - yes, if I were a doctor I certainly would go to a concentration camp (even though I maintain that this is not really applicable in this setting).
What I would NOT do, is follow an order NOT to treat a wounded jewish detainee in that concentration camp.
I think physicians simply do not have the right to say when and under what political (and yes in my mind war is political) conditions to treat patients.
I hear what you are saying, he is challenging the legality of this war under international law.
His challenge would have much more merit in my mind, however, if he were going there kill people rather than administer medical aid to them.
He is simply not the best spokesperson for this cause.
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