Friday, November 07, 2008
I'm still alive!
And so is this blog. Barely.
Ok lemme pitch you a question.
If you were an oncologist (cancer doctor), and you had a patient who you just found out had terminal cancer ie. the patient's gonna die in say 3 months. Would you tell the patient that he had cancer and was gonna die? Or would you lie and say everything was fine?
Now by telling the patient he had cancer, you'd be telling the truth, and you'd be doing your "job"
as a doctor to diagnose and treat when possible. The patient would then be able to "prepare for death", quit the job, write a will, travel the world, whatever. However, if you lied to the patient and told him that he was as healthy as carrot sticks, you may have given him 3 months of happiness before his death.
I know that 6 months ago, i would have told the truth to the patient. After all, it was my job! Now, i'm not so sure...
What do you think? Tag and let me know! Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
