2/2 by ethical treatment I mean "right treatment for right indication, likely to work, and no futile suffering"https://twitter.com/K_G_Spearpoint/status/612203988218454016 …
@doctorcaldwell But yet again, this is OPINION. Opinion which pts have the right to debate. It's not an optional extra Gordon, it's the law.
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@C7RKY@doctorcaldwell which will of course result in people like me fracturing more elderly sternums in vain. About which the law is silent -
@jodyaberdein@doctorcaldwell That'll only happen if you fail to have the discussion though - which is all this is about. Why is it so hard? -
@C7RKY@doctorcaldwell which is akin to demanding a non-indicated dangerous treatment, that we then must administer, under duress... -
@jodyaberdein@doctorcaldwell Why is it? This decision is the clinician's alone - as the law makes clear. On paper, pt has no influence here -
@C7RKY@doctorcaldwell I think it's a really good example of an unintended consequence. -
@jodyaberdein@doctorcaldwell Indeed. But an Unintended consequence because of inability to communicate valid reasons for DNACPR. Needs work -
@C7RKY@doctorcaldwell Even better would be a society that recognised we all have to die... -
@jodyaberdein@doctorcaldwell I think we know. We just don't want to feel like anyone has given up on us prematurely. That's the bottom line - 5 more replies
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@doctorcaldwell A law which it seems some are now trying to find a way to 'get around'? This case, for example. >pic.twitter.com/9nyNxwPauy
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@C7RKY@doctorcaldwell it being the law does not make it 'right' though? Anecdotally at least we are just seeing more people left 'for'... -
@jodyaberdein@C7RKY@doctorcaldwell how isn't wrong? And why are doctors leaving their patients open to potential harm in this way?
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