Monday, 30 November 2009

 A review on the film "Godsend"

There is a lot to talk about on the movie, but my focus is on the ethical issues regarding what happened in the movie…
I believe that many people find it shocking, what happened in the last third of the movie… Honestly, I don’t have the same opinion.
I think that the doctor did the right thing, because once I saw a medical documentary, more specifically about medical research and trials… And at a given point, a doctor said this: “Things such as Informed Consent, always interfere and delay research and trials, so I don’t let it stand in my way.”
If doctors think this way, who are we to jugde them? If doctors didn’t keep Informed Consent aside , today  there wouldn’t be many of the drugs that help us.
Doctors should do what is necessary, in order to make new discoveries, no matter what it takes…


Luís Filipe Arcanjo, 11th D, Escola Secundária D. Afonso Sanches, Vila do Conde

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