Altruism in surgery of AIDS patients |
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| Authors: | Lawrence A. Pottenger M.D. Ph.D. Homer U. Ashby D.Min. Ph.D. Carolyn R. Thompson |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Departments of Surgery and Pathology at the University of Chicago, USA;(2) McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, USA;(3) Chicago Theological Seminary, USA;(4) Section of Orthopaedic Surgery Box 102, University of Chicago Hospitals, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., 60637 Chicago, Illinois |
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| Abstract: | There is usually a long period of time between infection with the AIDS virus and manifestation of symptoms. Asymptomatic patients often would benefit from elective surgery for diseases such as arthritis which are unrelated to their infection. The surgeons' decisions to accept the risks to themselves, their spouses, and their operating teams in order to relieve pain and suffering appear to be based upon two covenants; one concerns their role within the doctor-patient relationship, and the other concerns their relationship to what they see as the ultimate meaning in life. |
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