Sunday, January 27, 2008

A great model for our health care system...

Don't treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors:
"Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives.
# Have your say: Should lifestyle play a role in deciding who gets NHS treatment?

Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone.

Smoker - Don't treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors
£1.7 billion is spent treating diseases caused by smoking, such as lung cancer and emphysema

Fertility treatment and 'social' abortions are also on the list of procedures that many doctors say should not be funded by the state."
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