At 04:10 PM 1/14/98 -0500, Dave Richardson wrote: >It should be noted that none of these decisions were made strictly from >the narrow financial point of view of the hospital -- that would be a >violation of medical ethics. etc. There is another possible interpretation: once the docs found out that the prospect for administering an expensive procedure was nil, they simply lost interest - like a car dealer who pampers you until he learns that all you want to buy is a used Hundai. BTW, what is medical ethics anyway? Does it have anything to do with the responsibility to the shareholders? Wish you to get well. Regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233