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It can be emotionally hard to cut into your own kid or to witness them go into a critical situation. AFAIK, there's no actual limitation that prevents this, bu
by cogman10 1y ago
It can be emotionally hard to cut into your own kid or to witness them go into a critical situation.
AFAIK, there's no actual limitation that prevents this, but just a general understanding that someone non-related to the patient would be able to handle the stress of surgery better.
- cpburns2009 1y agoI get that but that would be the case regardless of whether the surgeon was the mother or father.
- cogman10 1y agoThe original riddle goes something like this > A father and son were in a car accident where the father was killed. The ambulance brought the son to the hospital. He needed immediate surgery. In the operating room, a doctor came in and looked at the little boy and said I can't operate on him he is my son. Who is the doctor? The riddle is literally just a play on "women can't be surgeons."
- cpburns2009 1y agoThanks for providing the whole riddle. Now it makes sense.