Would you operate on your mother?
MSMedical student #2
Of course not. I'd be too nervous, couldn't be objective.
Then why are you so anxious to treat everyone like they were family?
“Three Stories” · Season 1, Episode 21
In this episode: Gregory House (5), James Wilson (1), Eric Foreman (1), Allison Cameron (1)
I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist. Just because you don't know what the right answer is, maybe there's even no way you could know what the right answer is, doesn't make your answer right or even okay. It's much simpler than that. It's just plain wrong.
Do you think he was dead? Do you think those experiences were real?
Define real. They were real experiences. What they meant... Personally, I choose to believe that the white light people sometimes see, visions, this patient saw. They're all just chemical reactions that take place when the brain shuts down.
You choose to believe that?
There's no conclusive science. My choice has no practical relevance to my life, I choose the outcome I find more comforting.
You find it more comforting to believe that this is it?
I find it more comforting to believe that this isn't simply a test.
It is in the nature of medicine that you are gonna screw up. You are gonna kill someone. If you can't handle that reality, pick another profession. Or finish medical school and teach.
I like my leg. I've had it for as long as I can remember.
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