«On Sunday my patient called, in a terrible state of mind. She said that she was not able to withstand until Monday that the child has Edwards’ syndrome and would like to benefit from help, that is termination of pregnancy “- he told in” Onet Rano. ” gynecologist Maciej Socha, MD, PhD. «I told her honestly that I didn’t know if I could do it. The only idea I had was that I suggested consulting a psychiatrist. One of my colleagues from psychiatrists asked: should I put on the stamp: psychiatrist, qualifications for abortion? ».
Doctor: I have no idea what to tell these patients, how to help them
Where does this new law put you, doctors? – Beata Tadla asked the gynecologist Maciej Socha, MD, PhD. “Hopeless, just hopeless” – said the gynecologist outright. – Finally, I stay with the patient and these patients will be left alone with themselves, with their decisions, with deeply damaged fetuses that are doomed by fate or mother nature to death. What scares me the most is that I have no idea what to tell these patients, how to help them – admits the doctor in “Onet Rano.”.
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– I do not want my country, the country in which I live, to force me in any way to behave with dignity, that is, as I should, and to help the patient – says Dr. Socha.
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