Oh great, put these kinds of decisions in the hands of the same people that brought us the USPS, TSA, and the EPA...
SCOTT JOHNSON , Powerline.... IN ANNALS OF GOVERNMENT MEDICINE
ANNALS OF GOVERNMENT MEDICINE
The Daily Mail delivers the news of another inspirational example of government medicine in England, much of it packed into the headline: “Elderly patients are being ‘deprived of food and drink so they die quicker and free up bed space’, claim doctors.”
The practice in issue goes under the delicate name of a “care pathway.” Like the stairway in the Led Zeppelin song, it’s a pathway to heaven. The Daily Mail explains:
Thousands of terminally ill people are placed on a “care pathway” every year to hasten the ends of their lives.
But in a letter to the Daily Telegraph, six doctors who specialize in elderly care said hospitals across the UK could be using the controversial practice to ease the pressure on resources.
As you might guess, the doctors seem to know what they’re talking about.
