August 26, 2009

• Harm

  “First,” they said, “do no harm.”

  And to demur could have harmed someone’s feelings, so I kept silent.

  To object to certain assumptions could have harmed the funds available for research, so I said nothing.

  To press a dying man to enroll in a trial could have harmed the feelings of his family.

  To decry a study would have harmed pocketbooks.

  And I, I harmed no one.

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