[moobsen]

AFAIK, the most important law of medicine is "First, do no harm." The rest is basically the details.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere

[JoeAltmaier]

Yet doctors routinely do harm - chemotherapy, amputations etc. Its part of many therapies to make a patient hurt. So that's a noble goal, but modern medicine left it behind a century ago.

[nisa]

These things are not taken lightly and are done to reduce more harm or to avoid death. What's the alternative?

[JoeAltmaier]

The point is, "Do no harm" is sophomoric. Harm is, sometimes, the way to do a greater good. Save a life. Restore function. Remove cancer.