{"id":11869,"date":"1990-11-01T10:45:00","date_gmt":"1990-11-01T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11869"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:09:48","slug":"correspondence-abortion-and-the-dpg-ratio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11869","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Abortion and the DPG ratio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gillian Arsenault<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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He explains that advising a patient how to proceed morally (as in the matter of abortion) is playing God. . . Instead, we should refuse to play God: we should let the patient make her own decision and take the responsibility for herself. I cannot agree with Bart, at least not as far as Christian god- lore goes. As I recall, God gave man free choice, so that he could make his own decisions and take the responsibility for himself. Therefore, if we doctors do not wish to play God, we should be advising our patients how to proceed. In fact, we normally do advise our patients how to proceed,whether there be one suitable option or many. We also advise strongly against unsuitable options. Indeed, if a patient informs us that she intends to inflict bodily harm on anyone, we not only advise her not to do it but may even commit her to keep her from doing it. The sad exception, of course, is when a patient informs us that she intends to inflict bodily harm on her own baby in utero<\/em>. In this case Bart would have it that we should dispassionately accept the patient’s decision. If killing on request isn’t playing God, then what is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arsenault G. (Correspondence) Abortion and the DPG ratio<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1990;143(9):829-832. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gillian Arsenault ExtractHe explains that advising a patient how to proceed morally (as in the matter of abortion) is playing God. . . Instead, we should refuse to play God: we should let the patient make her own decision and take the responsibility for herself. 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