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

Clodfobble · 01-27-2008, 10:23 AM

To be fair, they can get treatment, they just have to pay for it themselves.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2008, 11:33 AM

It would be closer to go to Sweden...
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

ZenGum · 01-27-2008, 11:43 AM

We touched on this sort of issue a few months back, in a thread about an overpopulated island. Finite resources, demand exceeding supply, hard decisions.

It isn't a case of doctors saying, we've got plenty of resources but you aren't worthy. Rather, doctors (and medical administrators really) are saying, our limited resources would be better used on this person with a better likelihood of a long and productive life afterwards, than on this other person who has a much less chance of that.

It's a very hard decision, but it is one we have to face, unless we want to greatly increase spending on health. Taxes, anyone?

jinx · 01-27-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

To be fair, they can get treatment, they just have to pay for it themselves.

But, didn't they pay for it once already with their taxes?

01-27-2008, 11:33 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It would be closer to go to Sweden... Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice, young men In their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2008, 11:43 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	We touched on this sort of issue a few months back, in a thread about an overpopulated island. Finite resources, demand exceeding supply, hard decisions. It isn't a case of doctors saying, we've got plenty of resources but you aren't worthy. Rather, doctors (and medical administrators really) are saying, our limited resources would be better used on this person with a better likelihood of a long and productive life afterwards, than on this other person who has a much less chance of that. It's a very hard decision, but it is one we have to face, unless we want to greatly increase spending on health. Taxes, anyone? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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