Opinion

Faith can help us lay our ghosts to rest

By Andrew Sloane
April 11 2020 - 4:26pm
All doctors have to face difficult choices in their careers - but there are about to be a lot more to make than usual. Picture: Shutterstock
All doctors have to face difficult choices in their careers - but there are about to be a lot more to make than usual. Picture: Shutterstock

It's been a long time since I worked in clinical medicine, but like all doctors, I have memories of hard decisions. Taking a young woman off a ventilator, knowing she would die - but also knowing that keeping her on it was just drawing out her dying, not helping her to live.

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