The liberal thinker Laozi said that which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill and disappointment bring his solution to this dilemma was to do without doing better known in our time as laissez-faire. In our books opening chapter the readers presented with the situation of a couple who bore a pair of Siamese twins. The physician who performed the delivery tells the couple that they only have 6 months to live; he presents them a proposition of separating the two so at least one could be guaranteed a long life. The parents are against the idea believing that if 6 months is all they have twins then thatll be the will of God. Some would agree with the parents and let the twins live with for reasons of spirituality or religion or a long shot that these infants can make it. Another group will say that its necessary to separate the two so that one will live, I happen to fall into this category.
My position comes from the perspective of the doctor (devils advocate if youd want it like that) not because Im no advocate for the medical practice by a long shot, but there times when risk just cant be taken. About 15 years ago, the news program 20/20 a story was aired concerning a pair of Siamese twins in Brittan who were connected at the side, they had shared a heart and a liver, the doctors waited for roughly the same time as the parents in this book yet as predicted their health began to decline. When with this dilemma came to ferwishen both physicians and parents both felt it best to separate the two and allow one of them life, though missing a leg, the girl is in good health. Perhaps the doctor in our book mightve recalled this and decided that simply performing the operation would be for the better, also what of the doctor himself does he want those deaths on his conscience, I doubt it.
In the end there are times when decisions have to made that no one will like but have be made and that hopefully we can live with in the coming time. One day we wont have to ask such question until then we must make difficult decisions and perform them at our best.
My position comes from the perspective of the doctor (devils advocate if youd want it like that) not because Im no advocate for the medical practice by a long shot, but there times when risk just cant be taken. About 15 years ago, the news program 20/20 a story was aired concerning a pair of Siamese twins in Brittan who were connected at the side, they had shared a heart and a liver, the doctors waited for roughly the same time as the parents in this book yet as predicted their health began to decline. When with this dilemma came to ferwishen both physicians and parents both felt it best to separate the two and allow one of them life, though missing a leg, the girl is in good health. Perhaps the doctor in our book mightve recalled this and decided that simply performing the operation would be for the better, also what of the doctor himself does he want those deaths on his conscience, I doubt it.
In the end there are times when decisions have to made that no one will like but have be made and that hopefully we can live with in the coming time. One day we wont have to ask such question until then we must make difficult decisions and perform them at our best.
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