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Willingness to treat infectious diseases: what do students think?
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- Published on: 18 May 2017
- Published on: 18 May 2017MEDICAL STUDENTS AND DUTY TO TREAT, RE: Willingness to treat infectious diseases: what do students think?Show More
Thanks Dr Milikovsky and team for doing a very fine piece of research. This raises the issue of duty to treat. I like to give an example from non-communicable diseases (mental disorders) and narrate my own experience from medical student to now as consultant. As medical students we were all energetic and compassionate to help sufferers. The best time we use to enjoy was in wards holding hands of our patients. The only t...
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