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Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers
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| Contributor | Penguin |
| Last Edited | Penguin May 05, 2008 08:21pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 6, 2008 02:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | CHICAGO - 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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