Playing god in the hospital
...ts shows that smokers have 68 percent chance of surviving for 10 years, even if they do not stop smoking. In my opinion it is worth a try to change this mentioned statistic. d) The result of the study which was made by the American College of Cardiology says that smokers has 68 % chance of surviving for 10 years, even if they continue smoking, but Mr. Bray said that it would not matter to make a bypass surgery at all. In this case I think you need to know lots of things about surgery to express you meaning about the facts there are shown by the statistic compared with reality. e) Pat Elphick ment that it should not have mattered whether he smoked or not, even the fact that he did should not have changed the situation – he should have been given treatment of all costs. David Blunkett agrees. He says he decries the notion of exclusion anybody from National Health service, but then he states:” We can not be involved in playing God in the Hospital, we must treat on the basis of need”. B: The British healthauthority pronounced yesterday that they support the doctor who has refused treatment to a smoker with heart problems. The patient died later. The widow has condemned the decision and the organisationfor smokers rights has threatened by going to the court. Since may has six doctors from Wythenshawe Hospital refused to carry out bypass surgery on heavy smokers. One of them says that most hospitals have same opinion about treatment of smokers. “- We support the rights of doctors to make clinical decisions” said a spokeman from the Health Authority in Manchester. But Marjorie Nicholson, who is spokewoman from FOREST said that the doctor’s decisions offend other humans rights. C: Lifestyle, Medicine, Economy and Ethics The evolution has changed the world. The differens between rich and poor are still growing and many people think that it will be a spread problem in future. Economy is a subject witch is being debated worldwide and properly it will never stop. The statement:” Westerners are accustomed to modern medicine saving is from our sins. We can not count on that anymore” is a very big thing to declare in words. Westerners live basicly with higher standart of living ‘cause of the economy, that is the reason why the poor part of the world’s contries might have a generaly view of the westerners, that they are accustomed to modern technology saving their lifes. The westerners have the oppitunity to develop the industrie of medicin, medicin witch can be useful worldwide, therefore I find a statement like this ungrateful and inconsiderated. While medicine is becomming a big part of our lives, our trust at the effect of medicin is growing. This might cause troubles, the abuse of ...