Comments on: Why is Sweden allowing murderers and rapists to become doctors?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:25:00 +0000

It's about trust.

A UK student, convicted of burglary in November 2005, was admitted to
a second medical school after another medical school revoked his application upon learning of the conviction.
Ex-convicts have the right to move on and try to make something of their lives, but health care professionsare not the place for those who have 'been proved beyond the shadow of a doubt' to have demonstrated their lack of conscience,poor judgement, or unwillingness to conform to accepted societal mores.

By: Reality Rounds

Reality Rounds — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:41:00 +0000

Physicians are privileged to be a part of the most intimate details of another human beings life. Convicted rapists and murderers have violated the most intimate aspects of human life. Allowing a rapist or murderer to become entrusted with the responsibilities to public health physicians face, is a risk not worth taking. And from my biased point of view, you can replace “physician” with “nurse” in my comment and come to the same conclusion.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:47:00 +0000

The idea is as stupid as it looks.

Moral fitness is criterion for a medical license and should be criterion for someone to be entrusted with the privileges of this profession everywhere.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:26:00 +0000

This isn’t about giving people second chances or condemning them to a life where everyone judges them by the one time where they weren’t so pure. These are intelligent individuals who are perfectly aware of the consequences certain crimes will bring. I’m in total agreement with you, Dr. Pho. The first school was right to to expel the student, and that should always be the result. The minute we start introducing exceptions by letting people get away with such horrendous acts, we risk damaging the profession’s credibility for healing and doing no harm.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:30:00 +0000

I am in total agreement here with Dr. Pho. The #1 goal of a doctor is to better patients’ quality of life. Committing murder or raping another is exactly AGAINST the practices of medicine and in no way should these individuals be allowed to practice medicine.

I do believe in second chances, however getting out a jail is that second chance.

By: Allison Blass

Allison Blass — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:22:00 +0000

I think since the point of being a doctor is to HELP people and DO NO HARM, that having a convicted MURDERER being a doctor is ironic and dangerous! I don’t want someone who killed someone to be in charge of my health! It’s like letting a convicted child molester work at a preschool. You just DON’T DO IT. I don’t care if they work at a McDonald’s or as an accountant or electrician or any other trade they are good at. There are certain requirements as a person that should bar crazy people from having a hand in health care.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Interesting. So you feel any conviction is a life sentence then? Why let the murderer out if he’s such a danger he can’t study to be a doctor?

Now if doctors would only clean up their own house before pronouncing sentence on everyone else.