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AFAIK, the most important law of medicine is "First, do no harm." The rest is basically the details. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere https://en
by moobsen 11y ago
AFAIK, the most important law of medicine is "First, do no harm." The rest is basically the details.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoYet doctors routinely do harm - chemotherapy, amputations etc. Its part of many therapies to make a patient hurt. So that's a noble goal, but modern medicine left it behind a century ago.
- nisa 11y agoThese things are not taken lightly and are done to reduce more harm or to avoid death. What's the alternative?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThe point is, "Do no harm" is sophomoric. Harm is, sometimes, the way to do a greater good. Save a life. Restore function. Remove cancer.