I don’t know how this complete falsehood has gained such currency on web forums. You’ve been misled.
Google for the truth. It’s been repeated dozens of times, all over the world, and the results are quite respectable. There have been interesting variations, too, using different uniforms instead of a white lab coat. Cultural variations (which are actually quite minor) have been identified too.
Nonetheless, the fact that around half of us can be easily coerced should never be used as an excuse for ethical failures. That’s a pretty clear moral hazard. We should all of us strive for happiness and clarity, and not accept cowardly excuses for wallowing in fear and deceit. Those doctors didn’t stand up, so they need to own their mistake and accept the consequences.
[quote=“dacree, post:13, topic:13494”]I saw nothing to indicate the doctors felt their lives were in danger or that they were in any way coerced.
These are all excuses and poor ones at that.[/quote]
Yeah, until I see clear evidence of something like credible threats to the physical well-being of the physicians’ families, I have to consider them were paid, willing, accomplices to torture.
