@Jolly said in "Not Guilty":
It's a hard question. I certainly have no problem with a doctor trying to keep a dying patient pain-free.
Indeed. It's not clear from the stories I've seen how "dying" these people were.
I also know that opiate tolerance is definitely there in pain management patients. So elevated doses, within reason, could be argued.
Trust me. 2 grams of fentanyl is WAY beyond elevated, or reason
But many of his peers felt he had crossed the line into a form of euthanasia.
I have a problem with a doctor arbitrarily making these decisions, without patient input.
A forever colleague of mine got into similar trouble decades ago. It was, of course, a different time, so it was handled differently. It was, however, with the patient's and family's consent. Nevertheless he was thrown off the staff of the hospital and sent to work at a "sister" site where he finished out his career.