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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (106)	1/15/2005 6:49:02 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) of 42652

Wharf Rat, "Cost of keeping somebody alive for the last year of their life, at no gain in quality of life. (We need to change attitudes about death; there is a time to let go. We can only push a failing bod so far, and lots of times it is just for the family. I am so glad my father died at home.) Too many tests; a doc at Stanfurd used to say, "If you aren't going to act on the results, don't do the test." Unfortunately, that is forgotten." If a person has good insurance or vast financial resources, that person will die very, very slowly. And, yes, families wanting/demanding "everything must be done" can be problematic. I'm sure you've heard the joke recently making the rounds: A long-time occupant of the ICU finally died. When the oncologist got wind of this, he gave the patient one last round of chemotherapy. When the cardiologist heard of the patient's demise, he did one last angiogram. When the . . . I wonder how end-of-life and futility-of-care issues are handled in Canada and in other countries with socialized medicine. - Holly

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