Dr. Tepperman Quotes on Medicine & Medical (2 Quotes)

He's there to offer expertise, to explain options and to keep explaining until everything is clearly understood. But the patient, sitting on the examining table in a paper gown with the wind whipping around his knees, is the only person in the room with a decision to make. As such, he makes the decision and gives consent based on the information, which includes risks and benefits weighed against his personal values.

The judges had no basis for making any judgment for the medical experimentation that took place in the Nazi war camps unless they set down some rules to judge by.