PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Savulescu, J
TI  - The trouble with do-gooders: the example of suicide.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.23.2.108
DP  - 1997 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 108--115
VI  - 23
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/23/2/108.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/23/2/108.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1997 Apr 01; 23
AB  - This paper describes the concept of a do-gooder: a person who does unwanted good. It illustrates why doing-good is a problem and argues that patients should not be compelled to do what is best. It shows the ways in which doctors covertly do-good and offers a critique of these. The discussion focuses on the example of the treatment of patients who attempt suicide.