Guest physiology Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 You're a military doctor serving your country in a far-off land. You and your brigade come across enemy fire and one of your men goes down. He dies instantly. You defeat your enemy and find that some them are still alive. Do you treat them? Would you offer them the same qualtiy of healthcare that you would give your own troops? Would you risk being jeered or ostracized for helping someone who has just killed one of your countrymen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UBClebronjames Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 of course you should treat... there have been many documented times in the history of war that medical doctors and healers of all sorts have tended to the wounds of the enemy. If you believe that what you are fighting for is juste I don't see how you couldn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ssup Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 case in point: IRAQ I read an article in the paper about an Iraqi POW that received abdominal surgery by US military docs... I absolutely believe you should and hopefully would provide medical attention to someone in this case. After all, one of the basic characteristics of a good physician is someone who is non-judgemental. As long as it didn't require you putting your own safety at risk, I think the enemy soldier is as deserving of medical attention as your own soldiers... that's just my 2 cents though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest not rex morgan Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 Watch M*A*S*H for a week. If you're really interested in the technicalities, try to google "geneva convetion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest physiology Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 Yah - ssup, I did read that in the national post. I just thought it was so thought-provoking. One of the American congressmen, who happens to bea surgeon (forget his name, he helped paramedics insert breathing tubes into car accident victims in Florida and used to sharpen his surgical skills using live cats), gave medical attention to a gunmen who opened fire on Capitol Hill a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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