Beliefs

Rowe believes that physicians' first duty is to relieve pain and suffering, whether it be physical or emotional. Only then, secondarily, are they to avoid harming the patient. He says this because, as a neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist, he spent a great part of his practice causing pain and suffering in his patients, on purpose. He has done all these things because he believed it was in each patient's best interests, to discover the cause of their problem or to alleviate their suffering, whatever form it took.