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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
2025-05-25 07:01:54
More Expendable Than You for the general case
Convenient Terminal Illness when it's specifically a terminal illness that makes them more expendable (this would be a good example of such a sacrifice not being immediately lethal, but still a life-altering consequence being taken on by someone without much time left for that to matter.)
Edited by Scorpion451

Dr. Shaun Murphy intends to do the only treatment he believes will save his friend, dispite this treatmentbeing unapproved. However, Dr. Glassman, who has only a few months left to live due to brain cancer, comes up with a better plan: do it himself. Although not explicitly stated, the reason can be understood easily: Shaun would be sacrificing a lifetime of a career, while Dr. Glassman has nothing to lose given the fact that he's now at the end of his life.
Edited by Someone1981