This question iterates the dilemma faced by many healthcare professionals while treating a patient with the negative background. What to weigh more a professional duty or a moral judgment influenced by social norms? A famous American physician Dr. Francis Peabody’s + famous quote says “the secret of caring for the patient is caring for the patient”. It is a very profound, and prudent line echoing wisdom and experience.
However, it leads to an obvious question, what if the doctor doesn’t care for the patient? Especially in circumstances where the patient is negative, murderer, monster, sinister etc. where the reaction is influenced by social and/or moral disapproval? I am sure, most healthcare professionals have found themselves in this scenario where empathy is more difficult to achieve and professional ideals are challenged. On the other hand, the doctors have a task of treating each…
