A friend of a friend of mine owns a used car lot that sells no new cars. He said he was brutalized by the Cash for Clunkers program. Nobody, but nobody bought a used car.
--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Bob Calco <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Calco <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] Sentenced to death on the NHS > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 6:05 PM > I hear based on the success of the > 'Cash for Clunkers' program they're going > to rebrand the "end of life counseling" provisions 'Cash > for Caskets'... > > - Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > Behalf Of Michael Madigan > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 5:59 PM > > To: ProFox Email List > > Subject: Re: [OT] Sentenced to death on the NHS > > > > 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 and drugs withdrawn 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.
