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So you encounter a person who makes an informed decision about declining extraordinary and invasive medical treatment, and your solution is to paternalistically
by NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
So you encounter a person who makes an informed decision about declining extraordinary and invasive medical treatment, and your solution is to paternalistically force that invasion onto his body, with a pretense of life extension?
Is this a good example of the philosophy of "My Body, My Choice" that should pervade health care today?
- Cyphase 3y agoWho said anything about forcing anything?
- bastawhiz 3y agoI have absolutely no problem with people choosing not to go through an invasive surgery. My dad declined a surgery that might have saved his life but would have put him through agony. If you critically read the thread, my astonishment is the stated reason: a distrust in the technology. There's nothing "informed" about that choice, especially if you're looking at the data (I'm not sure how else you can be informed about such a choice). Getting a pacemaker is also arguably NOT an invasive surgery. Many people who get them leave the hospital the same day. As far as emergency surgeries go, it's very low on the ladder. A routine appendectomy is more invasive.