Re: A Protocol for Dying (25/04/16 14:20:50)
Nothing beats the seriousness of this topic. There is no lighter side to it. But it shows one sinister advantage of dying of a cancer: The time to prepare oneself and the surroundings for the final departure. No such planning is possible for those destined to die a sudden cardiac death, or death from an unpredictable event such as an accident or a random murder.
Health personnel do their utmost to keep alive the parents of small children. Such patients rank at the top - along with kings - when it comes to surgery. With experimental drugs it may be different. Money comes in as a factor - and health personnel aren't the shepherds of money any more in the New Public Management system of European healthcare.
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