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>"Mother Teresa Complex"

Wouldn't this mean simply telling the patient that their suffering is "God's plan" and refusing to treat them, nor give them any pain medication?

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Thus is hyperbole, of course -- hyperbole which serves to highlight that refusing to allow the patient to decide for himself, trying to force your own outlook "for his own good", is exactly the same as not giving pain medication because it's against some religious ethical code.

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