Well, when you pit &quot;brain surgery&quot; against &quot;babysitter&quot;, it seems pretty clear cut.  But imagine if you&#x27;re that anesthesiologist, or one of a half dozen nurses required for the surgery, or whatever, and you&#x27;ve had to ask your parents to pick your kid up from school for the 12th time this semester because you won&#x27;t be home before bedtime.  Kids tend to not understand these kinds of things, parents know that, and they&#x27;re rightly frustrated when their job unreasonably demands that their kids get short shrift.<p>That said, this sounds like a hospital procedure&#x2F;scheduling fuck up.  I don&#x27;t think the anesthesiologist should be blamed at all, she stood up to unreasonable demands just as she should have.  The hospital failed the staff and the patient here.