Let children cry

Jureidini, Jon N

doi:10.5694/mja15.00062

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In reply: Doctors have a duty to relieve suffering, but with qualifications: the target is overall, not immediate, suffering; and the primary injunction is to do no harm.

Critical and Ethical Mental Health research group, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: jon.jureidini@health.sa.gov.au

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