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Re:Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoid poor ... by newfoundglory on Saturday April 21, 2018 @04:51PM (#16893374)
That's not true at all. Would you want to have surgery done if it had a guaranteed 3 month recovery period of incredible pain, a 5% chance of curing you, and a 95% chance of doing nothing, when your alternative is "nothing will hurt, but in 12 months you'll drop dead"?
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