Bad Medicine

While reading the required class text I was extremely disturbed by the lack of respect doctors had for other human beings.  No human being has the right to determine who is “allowed” to live or die.  And no human being has the right to infringe on another’s autonomy; ones intrinsic privilege to self govern.  I would consider these “doctors” to be mad because of their lack of concern for the wellbeing of their patients.  A doctor should protect the patient from harm, not inflict it.

The Euthanasia Project in Germany was appalling and grotesque.  The theory of a superior race dominating and exploiting an inferior race is terrifying; yet Hitler was able to dominate Germany and impose his theory of a superior race.  Nazi race politics played a major role in euthanasia experiments.

By Emelia Carter (posted by Dr. Renzi on her behalf)