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It's the difference between a doctor, or more likely a highly trained nurse in most facilities, making the decision and government bureaucrat making the decisio
by seneca 7y ago
It's the difference between a doctor, or more likely a highly trained nurse in most facilities, making the decision and government bureaucrat making the decision. It likely also implied the decision being made based on what choice saves the most lives (doctor/nurse) vs what is economically or politically desirable for the decider (bureaucrat).
- willyt 7y agoWhere do you get bureaucrats deciding things like that, I've never heard of that before? 60's USSR maybe?
- penagwin 7y agoIt's a conversation that sometimes comes up with universal healthcare, for example (I'm not taking a stance here) - "Is it worth spending $$$$ tax payer money on an operation with a 20% success rate on 95 year old who also has diseases X, Y and Z?" If such rules are written then it would be bureaucratic.
- seneca 7y agoI couldn't say whether that happens anywhere, but I believe that's what "death panels" refers to. I wasn't suggesting it's what currently happens.
- mrits 7y agoI think they were answering my question in that this is difference since it is professionals performing triage and not bureaucrats.