The painful dilemma of who not to treat

Article Abstract:

The British Medical Association is launching a debate on rationing in health care and how decisions will be made on who does and who does not receive treatment. At present Doctors treat every patient to the best of their abilities. They are however often faced with hopeless cases that could cost 100,000 pounds sterling each to treat and would take weeks of care that could otherwise go to more hopeful cases. Doctors are opposed to having to decide on rationing. Many operations are already done more for private patients, only 84,369 of the 179,522 abortions in England and Wales in 1991 being done under the National Health Service. Operations will need to be ranked in order of priority and Doctors can then work from these lists.

Health aspects, United Kingdom, Health care rationing

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You look tired, doctor. How are you sleeping?

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The British Medical Association called a conference on Jun 23 1992 to vote on the desire of 73% of GPs to end their provision of 24-hour care. A possible alternative would be to have a Family Health Services Authority emergency night centre staffed by GPs who would be off duty the next day. Dr Iona Heath describes a typical night's work, where despite interpersonal relations suffering from the doctor's tiredness, serious mistakes are rarely made. Being on call limits social life and the doctor's family needs to be understanding.

Care and treatment, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Employment, British Medical Association, Physicians (General practice), General practitioners, Night work

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A family sleeping on a wire

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When a committee meeting in 1948 was held in Rhodes to prepare the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Jordan, lines were drawn on maps to separate Israeli and Jordanian land. The village of Barta'a was split in two by this line and the Kabha family were deeply affected. Now four of them live in Israeli Barta'a and three in the intifada in the eastern section. For the next 18 years the Israeli and Jordanian soldiers kept them apart but in the Six-Day War they met. Things have eased a little now.

Israel, Political aspects, Israeli foreign relations, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Jordanian foreign relations, Palestine (Historical region)

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