The Natural Law principle of equity (and the different values which it enshrines) struggles for recognition because it lacks a prominent place in our way of understanding medicine. As mentioned above, the prominent background metaphor in modern medicine remains that of war, and the war metaphor has a deleterious effect on medical priorities and medical practice. When we talk of a war on disease, we mean unlimited war rather than a just war perspective. We battle disease, plan attack, order batteries of tests, search for magic bullets. Doctors think of themselves as on the firing line, and in the trenches. They treat aggressively, especially invasive cells. They take heroic action and use the body’s defenses to conduct the fight. The top doctor in the U.S. is the Surgeon General. Some doctors don’t talk to other staff members and do not permit input from patients because that’s the way tough generals behave during a war.