Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
(05-05) 06:47 PDT Chicago (AP)
Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die.
Now, an influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients wouldn't be treated. They include the very elderly, seriously hurt trauma victims, severely burned patients and those with severe dementia.
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What about BushCo.?
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