This would also be the case when a physician who, in order to avoid prolonging the death agony of one of his patients, decides to discontinue antibiotics being given to treat his pneumonia. A further example would be the case of a surgeon who decides not to operate to correct a newborn's deformity because, even if the operation were successful, the infant could not survive his other medical problems.
Ainsi en serait-il également du médecin qui, pour éviter de prolonger l'agonie d'un de ses patients en phase terminale, décide d'interrompre l'administration d'antibiotiques destinés à soigner la pneumonie dont ce patient est atteint.
