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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by lotsofpulp on Saturday October 08, 2022 @10:41AM (#33132682)
The doctors I know (roughly ~10 to ~15) are very much against “overtreatment”. The biggest problem they have is dealing with emotional family members.

There was also huge public fervor when the suggestion of funding mere discussion of end of life options was proposed with the Affordable Care Act:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26195604/

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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by jstanley on Saturday October 08, 2022 @10:57AM (#33132825)
> The doctors I know (roughly ~10 to ~15) are very much against “overtreatment”.

Well of course that's what they think. Everybody is against "overtreatment". If they aren't against a treatment, they don't consider it "overtreatment", they just consider it "treatment".

Different people have different boundaries for what they consider "overtreatment".

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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by s1artibartfast on Saturday October 08, 2022 @11:02AM (#33132874)
Yes, but the point is that most doctors would treat less than patients and their families if it were their choice.
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