- Was there another purpose - prepping us for the worst choices Archived Message
Posted by walter
on April 2, 2020, 2:03 am, in reply to "I love the way he encourages them to think."
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"Would you take an elderly person off a respirator? And if it was your family member?" "Would you allow an NHS doctor to jump the queue if he has special skills that will enable him later to maybe save the lives of others." Also playing out in the Guardian today, these dilemmas reported from Italy about weeks back (except that it's now about the UK): "Doctors will have to choose who gets life-saving treatment. Here's how we'll do it ...Looking ahead to the coming weeks, if hard choices are required, we know they will be contested. There will be anger and pain. People who, in normal circumstances, would receive intensive treatment may instead be given palliation – pain relief without a cure - in order to favour those with greater likelihood of benefiting. Nobody wants to take these decisions, but if resources are overwhelmed, they will have to be made." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/01/doctors-choose-life-saving-treatment-ethical-rules "Virus patients more likely to die may have ventilators taken away" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/01/ventilators-may-be-taken-from-stable-coronavirus-patients-for-healthier-ones-bma-says  |