guttmann

Presumably both Guttmann and his colleagues were all kind enough to want to reduce suffering; Guttmann just happened to be more correct about how to do so.

The medics around Guttmann simply lacked the vision and insight to realise that these patients could be treated effectively.

The founder of the games, Dr Ludwig Guttmann, revolutionised the care of spinal injury in the UK.

Guttmann reduced the sedation of patients, even if it meant that they were in constant pain.

Guttmann realised that paraplegics could live long, active and meaningful lives with the right programme of physical and psychological rehabilitation.

Guttmann's methods were resisted all the way by his colleagues and the nurses working under him, because they seemed wilfully cruel.

I'm reminded of Ludwig Guttmann, who founded the Paralympic Games and revolutionised the care of people with spinal cord injuries.

Prior to Guttmann, the received wisdom was that paraplegics would inevitably die within a few years from a variety of complications; the standard treatment was simply palliative.

The effective approach was seen as deeply unkind, for reasons I elucidated - it resulted in a great amount of suffering in the short-term, for reasons which seemed futile to everyone but Guttmann.

For example, were Dr Ludwig Guttmann to accidentally cause the deaths of fifty patients, his colleague might comment, "Dear Doctor, that was not frightfully clever of you," and he would say that because the Doctor had done something monstrously unkind towards them and their families.

For example, were Dr Ludwig Guttmann to accidentally cause the deaths of fifty patients, his colleague might comment, "Dear Doctor, that was not frightfully clever of you," and he would say that because the Doctor had done something monstrously unkind towards them and their families.

The founder of the games, Dr Ludwig Guttmann, revolutionised the care of spinal injury in the UK.

Guttmann reduced the sedation of patients, even if it meant that they were in constant pain.

Guttmann realised that paraplegics could live long, active and meaningful lives with the right programme of physical and psychological rehabilitation.