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. 2004 Jan 3;328(7430):51. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.51-d

Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast

Doctors are not released from duty of care because of whom their patient is

Liam Farrell 1
PMCID: PMC314255  PMID: 14703569

Editor—I agree completely with Roberts (letter above).

Two wrongs don't make a right, and just because Saddam Hussein has committed many evil acts does not release doctors from the duty of care: if we were allowed moral judgments we might have many fewer patients.

The doctors who examined Saddam Hussein should have insisted on privacy, dignity, and confidentiality for their patient.

Competing interests: None declared.


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