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What if all doctors die due to a catastrophy? Will we send 10 more doctors to Mars for children waiting to be born? Is this ethical?
by gnulinux 8y ago
What if all doctors die due to a catastrophy? Will we send 10 more doctors to Mars for children waiting to be born? Is this ethical?
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- Mtinie 8y agoMulti-disciplinary studies would likely be mandatory for the initial colonists. “Field medic” training will ensure a sufficient number of colonists could deliver babies and manage cases which required non-specialty medicine. Much like it was during other periods of outward-expansion when your local grocer or saloon owner doubled as a medic (in some case probably the medic).
- max76 8y agoI don't think a field medic level of medical training will be enough to handle the complications involving living/birthing/growing in reduced gravity. The effects of reduced gravity are largely an unknown. It could range from minor physical alterations to crippling disabilities. We won't know until mammal trials. Due to the cost it's likely the mammal trials will be human. It's possible extra medical staff could have other jobs, but professional doctors will be a requirement of the population.