Brit doctors: don't treat people who make bad choices or get old

monster · 01-27-2008, 02:05 PM

What's the problem?

I don't believe -for example- alcoholics who refuse to give up drinking should be given a liver transplant at all if there are others in more need of the liver, even if they pay for the treatment themselves.

But they're not being refused treatment altogether -just treatment on the NHS. How would you feel about your taxes being increased so every alky in the gutter can receive a liver transplant on medicare?

The elderly are more tricky, but there are many procedures which can result in more pain and suffering that would be caused by not having them. If people refuse to take the advice of their doctor about when to stop treatment, they should do it on their own dollar.

It's no different from your insurance company dictating which procedures it will pay for, which doctors you can see.....

01-27-2008, 02:05 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What's the problem? I don't believe -for example- alcoholics who refuse to give up drinking should be given a liver transplant at all if there are others in more need of the liver, even if they pay for the treatment themselves. But they're not being refused treatment altogether -just treatment on the NHS. How would you feel about your taxes being increased so every alky in the gutter can receive a liver transplant on medicare? The elderly are more tricky, but there are many procedures which can result in more pain and suffering that would be caused by not having them. If people refuse to take the advice of their doctor about when to stop treatment, they should do it on their own dollar. It's no different from your insurance company dictating which procedures it will pay for, which doctors you can see..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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