In some ways yes it is true... but then you know my feelings on matters like this. I just see it as a parable explaining to religious people that the actions of what they may see as a god may in fact be "disguised" as human intervention. Hey ho.
If I am correct in thinking that all doctors must take the Hippocratic Oath, surely there is some moral (possibly even legal?) obligation for the doctors and nurses in question to take some knd of action? Though guessing by the negative press these life saving (or merciful endings IMO, in the case of euthanasia) actions get, it doesn't look like they'd be encouraged to.
In my first year at UCL I lived with a 4th year medic called Rob. He told me that UCH (our hospital) had instructed their students, doctors and nurses alike never to intervene is someone asks for a doctor because of possible legal ramifications (i.e. there have been far too many cases where a doctor has tried to save someone involved in an accident and, as a result of either an unfamiliar filed of lack of equiment or just plain old bad luck, they and the hospitals have had their arses sued off).
Something to think about.
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