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[quote=Anonymous]I think doctors vary, but their attitude definitely impacts the care they provide. I knew a lady dying of lung cancer. She had a doctor heading up her care who kept good track of things, made sure she got radiation to relieve her pain, sent her to a pain clinic to try to get the best balance between pain relief and consciousness, and was always sympathetic and encouraging. That doctor was transferred and the new one, who had a much better resume, was significantly more detached and “cookbook” in his approach. And then there was the ER doc who took one look at her and sent her home with some percocets and a prescription for liquid morphine — buh bye.

The idea that “we” spend money for people’s care is a fiction created to improve insurers’ bottom lines. People spend their own money, or their own benefits, and insurers collect premiums according to their own actuarial tables and experience.

Too many people die, not because they are in intractable misery, but because somebody else feels miserable looking at them. There are few slopes more slippery than “mercy killing.” [/quote]

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