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Olympic athlete amputates finger to play in 2024 Paris Games
(abcnews.go.com)
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I find it somewhat shocking that the doctors agreed to amputate. You can’t force patients to make good decisions, but amputating a finger because he doesn’t want to wait for it to heal seems to go beyond what’s ethical. If he wasn’t going to be stopped from going regardless I guess you could make an argument it was harm reduction.
Or they might have been worried that he would do it himself if they said no.
That’s what I was thinking.. if the doc doesn’t do it then this pounds a bottle of whisky and has his buddies get the hedge trimmers
I would say letting a finger stop you from playing in the Olympics when you're a hockey player and individual fingers aren't all that necessary would be the sort of thing that would weigh on someone for years. Leading to clinical depression, in fact. I wouldn't blame a doctor for doing it. As you said, harm reduction.
That said, this is his third Olympics, so I don't know if that would be enough in this case.
It's a legitimate decision... It sounds like a bad one IMO (I'd try to play through the pain in a brace or I could or I'd ride the bench personally), but doctors should give you your options then help you.
You can a normal life without a finger, and it absolutely does heal more quickly. It's an option, and I'd say a doctor that doesn't present it to you when you ask about options should lose their license