There’s a big difference between the actions the people should be held accountable for and generalising that to the wider nhs and care of those that are dying as Pullicino is arguing.https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/1010154493521035264 …
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But abuse for ANY medication exists. We pick on opioids because there’s cultural and spiritual weight given to them.
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Cultural and spiritual weight? That's not something I've heard said before. Those relatives I've seen discussing this appear more concerned by a medical imposition they perceive as capable of ending their loved one's life (rightly/wrongly). The type of drug used being secondary.
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Again separating gosport (where I agree with you) from the wider point the original article you quoted at the start of the thread the reason it so easily turns into a discussion about death in general is that fear opioids is already in the public psyche. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18073222/?i=34&from=fear%20opioids%20palliative …
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You may well be right re opioid fear (but I'd hope to find substantially higher quality evidence than that decidedly flimsy looking trial if proving it ever mattered, tbh). Gosport may not prove to be as isolated a case as we all wish tho. It's not the only source of such tales.
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Here’s a better one that I was struggling to find on my iPhone earlier! Qualitative research is by far the best way of looking at this issue. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885392409007313 …
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Far better - thank you. :)
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