Kasz216 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Kasz216 said:
Heck, think about it this way. Say you pay around 200 grand over your life to NHS.
Are in perfect health... NEVER use NHS... then find out the 50,000 treatment you want isn't covered by NHS.
Furthermore you don't have 50,000 for your treatment.
Well what the hell? You can't pay for the treatment you want... yet could have had you not been taxed for something you never used, and possibly never even WANTED to use.
If this is the case, you should clearly be reimbursed the 50,000 grand for an operation or procedure they wouldn't normally cover. |
Doctors know much more about medicine than your average Joe, surely it is their responsibility to tell patients their way is going to be more effective. Or just overrule their decision all together if it endangers their life unnecessarily.
Let's say my preferred treatment for a cancerous tumour was to drink a tea made from exotic flowers, but the doctors know that I should have surgery to remove the tumour as my method would not be effective and would lead to my eventual death.
The treatment I want is not the right treatment, and this is what it boils down to.
Whether my preferred treatment is £50,000 or £5, the doctor should only attempt to provide the treatment that works... and homeopathy is not a treatment that works.
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It's the doctors responsiblity to tell them what's more effetive. However it's NEVER EVER a doctors job to overrule a patient. A doctor is simply to present the options, and the various risks and rewards he sees... however it's ALWAYS the patients choice. ALWAYS. Anything else would just be unethical... ask any doctor. People should be able to have any treatment they wish. |
This is diverting from the topic a bit, but is what you just said necessarily the case? Sure, a patient can choose between having health care, or refusing all treatment, but, outside of that treatment is limited to what the Government/Trust/Insurance company is willing to pay for, unless the patient is in the rare and fortunate position of being able to afford their own healthcare (or, they live in Singapore 
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