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Summary Of A Doctors Dilemma By James Dillard

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A Doctors Dilemma I do not like the essay, “A Doctors Dilemma” written by James Dillard. The whole story was well written, but contradicting. The persuasion was driven by whether to help a dying person or save his future career. Deliberately, Dillard act of bravery could possibly cause the ending to his career. At that moment, he understood the consequences for his actions. It was possible for him to end up spending time in prison for trying to help a dying man. However, as a medical student, he knew exactly what he needed to do to help. Without a doubt, his authentic compassion to act that benefits someone else qualified his best fit to be a very good doctor. It was not surprising for a medical student to have the instinct to help, but

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