On this blog, Professor Thaddeus Pope tracks judicial, legislative, policy, and academic developments concerning medical futility and the limits on individual autonomy at the end of life.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Many Physicians Feel Like Sisyphus

In the Afterlife, Zeus and the other Gods condemned Sisyphus to push a heavy boulder up a high, steep hill. The rock kept rolling back down, and Sisyphus was compelled to push it back up, again and again, for all eternity. Today, many physicians play the role of Sisyphus. Is the fear of litigation today's Zeus "demanding" futility?

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