Too bad they just can't let the Liberals die young. --- On Wed, 9/2/09, Bob Calco <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Bob Calco <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] Sentenced to death on the NHS > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 5:54 PM > bit.ly/ZM8oi > > - - - > In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who > care for the > terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly > judged as close to > death. > > Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help > doctors and medical > staff deal with dying patients, they can then have fluid > and drugs withdrawn > and many are put on continuous sedation until they pass > away. > > But this approach can also mask the signs that their > condition is improving, > the experts warn. > > As a result the scheme is causing a "national crisis" in > patient care, the > letter states. It has been signed palliative care experts > including > Professor Peter Millard, Emeritus Professor of Geriatrics, > University of > London, Dr Peter Hargreaves, a consultant in Palliative > Medicine at St > Luke's cancer centre in Guildford, and four others. > > "Forecasting death is an inexact science,"they say. > Patients are being > diagnosed as being close to death "without regard to the > fact that the > diagnosis could be wrong. > > "As a result a national wave of discontent is building up, > as family and > friends witness the denial of fluids and food to > patients." > - - - > > But it can't happen here! And don't call them death > panels! > > - Bob > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
