[KOREAN-WAR-L:11341] Re: MASH ethics

["les hanson" <hanson@totalnetnh.net>]

jeff McLaughlin and interest to list

Canada's involvement in korean war

Canada calls for volunteer soldiers- Forgotten Heroes

http://www.archives.cbc.ca/DC-1-17-112-679/conflict_war/korea.clip3

Test of Will
www.norflicks.com/Test%20of%20will.htm

Les Hanson      A LongAgo Airman

                ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff McLaughlin" <kane_ca@yahoo.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:49 PM
Subject: [KOREAN-WAR-L:11335] MASH ethics


> Well, see, there's something else I didn't know. I didn't
> know that it was a real unit...
>
> I am an Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and I use
> MASH in a variety of my discussions for issues related to
> the ethics of triage and decision making. Today I spoke of
> the role of physicians in assisting patients in making the
> best decisions and used the idea of a soldier having to
> sacrifice a limb in order to survive - and whether one
> could envision a soldier making a rational decision to say
> 'no' (I used the MASH episodes of the classical pianist who
> lost one hand and the football player who lost a leg). I
> also used the war metaphor today to speak about different
> models of Medicine e.g, the Surgeon as the General sitting
> back in "relative safety" ordering soldiers (nurses) to do
> their jobs without hesitation and without question. The
> point being if a patient was dying, it would be
> inappropriate (in normal circumstances) for the nurse to
> question the decision of the physician. I'm assuming that's
> the case in battle - even though I'm sure the guys on the
> front line would be free to complain to each other...or
> maybe I'm wrong ...could a soldier complain to a NCO about
> a tactic? Or to a higher-up?
>
> Jeff
>
> --- Jwscpd8@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 2/11/2004 8:32:35 PM US Mountain
> > Standard Time,
> > kane_ca@yahoo.com writes:
> > The only thing I
> > know about the Korean conflict is that the tv show MASH
> > lasted twice as long. -
> > In that show, the MASH unit 8063 was mentioned a lot.
> > This was a real MASH
> > unit in Korea, as I was there for a short time, before
> > being sent to the 4th
> > Field Hospital for treatment.
> >
> >      John Sonley  Korea 1951
> >
>
>
> =====
> Dr. Jeff McLaughlin Ph.D.
> UCC
> Kamloops BC Canada
>
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