The Detroit News. As a Michigan State University student studying medical ethics, I must disagree with Seigel.
Physicians undergo one of the most rigorous training regimens to learn how to treat patients.
There are simply not enough resources to provide futile and heroic measures for all patients. There must be some rationing of resources to allow all patients to be given at least some basic level of care. Seigel provides examples of physicians who decided not to treat because their patients did not fit their definition of normal. Doctors should not be forced to provide treatment above and beyond the call of duty.