The practice of medicine is full of moral and ethical conflicts. Although we have the GMC good practice guide there are many occasions where the advice in there will not cover a particular situation. Often there is no guidance anywhere for the doctors and other staff involved. A thankfully rare example is described here. DZ imagines that most woman carrying a wanted pregnancy would want all measures possible taken to preserve the life of her baby, even in the event of her own death. Few would argue against the expeditious delivery of a viable baby in a dying woman, and this is rare but well documented.
The case linked to above is a step further, and could be ethically justified.
But there is a step further that DZ thinks is a vile abomination. (1) (2) Who the fuck thought that was a good idea. Joseph Mengele?
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