Re: Ethics, death, and cost.

[Bemmzim]

In a message dated 7/19/01 3:06:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
writes:

<< 
 > Worse: you let the g*vernment declare that some lives [for
 > example, an old man's final 2 years of life] have a lesser
 > value than other lives.
  >>

well - how do you know it is the final two years prospectively. I don't mean 
to be flip but as a physician I can tell you that treatment decisions are 
complex and most cases are not cut and dried (pull the plug or gung-ho).