Queries in medical ethics / [William Fraser].

  • Fraser, William, -1888.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Queries in medical ethics / [William Fraser]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and acts conformably with it; the man of science is candid, and ready to impart to others the views he entertains. The silence of the one, although generally the cloak of ignorance, imposes more on the public than the open deductions of the other, however confirmed by science and en¬ lightened experience0.” Query 23.—When a patient who is labouring under a complaint tending, if the proper means are not used, to a fatal termination, cahnly and de¬ liberately tells you that he does not wish to have his life protracted—what duty remains for you ? Axs.—To endeavour, in the first place, to bring him to a more hopeful and healthy frame of mind; and whether you succeed hi this or not, to tell him, that, so long as you continue in attendance, you must and will use the proper means for his recovery. The friends, at the same time, should, with due discrimination, be made aware of the state of matters. Query 24.—When a patient, feeling that his end is come, tells you calmly and decidedly that he wishes to die in peace, and to discontinue any further use of the means of recovery—what course remains for you ? Ans.—Simply to acquiesce, with the concur¬ rence of the friends, and if you believe that the e Vol. i. p. 800.
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