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Author: Topazan

Apr 28th 2011 at 2:32:38 PM

@Glucharina - I just saw your edit about the Hippocratic Oath.  Does that mean we should exclude examples where the oath isn't brought up?

I think that there are two separate tropes.  Any plot that places a doctor in a position where they're the only ones who can treat someone they may not want to can set the stage for a medical ethics conflict.  I can think of at least a couple of examples where this is the case without the doctor being kidnapped.  If that's what you want this trope to be about, then I recommend dropping the kidnapping element from the name and description.

I also think that 'kidnapping someone to make use of their skills' is a viable trope, without the medical ethics angle.  IMO, it's unnecessarily specific to limit oneself to plots where these elements overlap.

At any rate, here's another example:
* In the ''StarTrekEnterprise'' episode 'Affliction', a group of klingons abduct Dr. Phlox to secure his aid in developing a cure for a disease that threatens the empire.