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Re:Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU by croes on Friday November 18, 2022 @04:57PM (#33662933)
Where do you draw the line? At what age, what illness do you refuse to treat a patient even though he may not want to die?

You could give a lot of people medical treatment with a proper healthcare and tax system. Why don't we try that first?

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Re:Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU by coryrc on Friday November 18, 2022 @07:31PM (#33665158)
At some QALY/$.
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Re:Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU by Fomite on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:30PM (#33665685)
QALYs are hardly non-controversial.
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Re:Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU by hnfong on Saturday November 19, 2022 @01:24PM (#33673032)
The original comment by questime literally said we should discuss the general topic even though it's controversial.
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Re:Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU by toast0 on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:09PM (#33666828)
> Where do you draw the line? At what age

30? or 21, if you prefer the book ;p

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Re:Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU by roxgib on Saturday November 19, 2022 @12:18AM (#33667201)
I assume we start by getting more information from patients about their wishes, and then following them accordingly. A large number of elderly people don't want hopeless and unpleasant medical interventions, but end up having them anyway because no one asked them.
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