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Ethics on trial [3]
In the editorial “Ethics on trial” [BCMJ 2015;57:95-96 [3]] Dr Charles Wright, former VP at the Vancouver Hospital, consultant to the BC Ministry of Health, and member of the Health Council of Canada, is quoted as callously saying “as for urgent patients in pain, the public system will decide when the patient requires care. These are societal decisions. The individual is not able to decide rationally.” This statement echoes the cynical maxim of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680): “We all have enough strength to bear the misfortunes of others.”
—Rodney Glynn-Morris, MD
West Vancouver
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