Avvenire.it, March 10, 2011 - So it is confirmed, without betraying him, the status of the doctor - The law serves to protect the alliance with the patient care Massimo Gandolfini
'Aware' s importance and solemnity of the Act do, and that he is committed, I swear the sole purpose of pursuing the defense of life, protection of physical and mental health and the relief of human suffering, which will inspire with responsibility and ongoing commitment scientific, cultural and social, my every act professional. " Today provides the professional oath that every doctor pronounced at the beginning their work. The same formula is repeated in Article 3 of the Code of Conduct, with the specification, even more stringent, that everything is "the duty of the doctor."
practiced medicine as a specialist in neurosurgery for 35 years, and 15 directing a department of neurosciences (neurology and neurosurgery) in Brescia. Precisely because of my specialization, there are thousands of people in clinical conditions "extreme" that I rescued and cured: from craniocerebral trauma, stroke, multiple sclerosis ALS, from vegetative states with dementia, and much much more. For some time many of these disease states entered the common language, spread by the media in dealing with bioethical issues that concern the "end of life."
Euthanasia, therapeutic obstinacy, suspension of care, terminally ill, self-determination have become topics of public debate, often - unfortunately - covered with very little scientific knowledge or even incorrect. It certainly can not impute blame to the 'man in the street. " The responsibility must be sought in other cultural agencies. And since I am a doctor, I shall confine myself to look inside my home. "
That dell’arte medica è storia di cura e di servizio che conosce episodi di vera "alleanza di cura" con il paziente e i suoi familiari, sempre nella speranza di vincere insieme, o almeno di percorrere insieme il tunnel del dolore e del disagio. Non sempre è stato così, ma va detto chiaramente che quando ciò è accaduto è perché si è tradito e violato palesemente lo statuto fondativo della nostra professione. Sono state scritte pagine tragiche quando i medici si sono asserviti a ideologie contrarie al rispetto della vita e della dignità di ogni persona umana, abdicando al loro dovere sociale, professionale, deontologico ed etico.
Mi chiedo come possa be no room for choice of euthanasia or abandonment of treatment in my profession. We must study every day to learn about the diseases, fight and win, if possible. There is one line in our text where the "sweet death" is mentioned among the treatment options. Our technical and cultural training is not expected to become actors of death or resignation of abandonment.
Certainly where, conversely, we work furiously making a big mistake, but neither more nor less than when we had to choose to terminate a life entrusted to us. Neither the request, implied or otherwise, the patient may be an exception to this duty, as defined by our code of ethics. The doctor-patient covenant is "therapeutic" and there is no room for euthanasia, assisted suicide or suspension of nutrition and hydration, which leads - as we all know - to death by starvation.
Speaking of nutrition, I think technically unacceptable statement a parallel between the early and the "hunger strike", as this may be revoked by the person in real time while you are actually experiencing what " die of thirst and hunger. " Not so the declaration of now. " I believe that - as the cultural climate that runs - both really need a law that protects the covenant of care in terms of respect and support between doctor and patient. It is also an opportunity to confirm the status of the medical profession, educating physicians, patients and all of society to the "good medicine", devoted to health and life.
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