<[email protected]> wrote: Regarding Robin’s observation, cardiologists may not like such a long life > device since it would reduce the market supply of people needing periodic > operations. >
No, no, no, NO! Never. Implanting a pacemaker or changing one out is a serious operation. It usually works okay, but no ethical doctor would want to do it just for the money. Cardiologists do not like to kill or disable patients. This is like suggesting that a doctor would deliberately infect someone to extend a hospital stay, or cause a difficult birth that required a Cesarean. (No doubt there are a few criminally unethical doctors who do things like that.) - Jed
