Re:Neurosurgeons barred from human research after experiment...
by pmiller2 on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @03:44AM
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>I've heard that if you sign a contract under the threat of death that it is not legally binding. Now I know the doctors aren't making the threat, but I think the situation is remarkably similar, right?
No, duress and desperation are distinctly different things.
If it was me looking at a 91% chance of not being here in two years, I think I'd be inclined to seek out alternative and experimental treatments. When it's better than 10:1 odds against being able to see my niece and nephews grow up, I think I'd even consider intentionally infecting myself with bacteria to get that chance. And, I'm saying that now, as a healthy, youngish guy, so I can only imagine what I'd be thinking if I actually had a GBM growing inside me.
No, duress and desperation are distinctly different things.
If it was me looking at a 91% chance of not being here in two years, I think I'd be inclined to seek out alternative and experimental treatments. When it's better than 10:1 odds against being able to see my niece and nephews grow up, I think I'd even consider intentionally infecting myself with bacteria to get that chance. And, I'm saying that now, as a healthy, youngish guy, so I can only imagine what I'd be thinking if I actually had a GBM growing inside me.