Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
I think legislation needs to put an end to doctors profiting on businesses to which they can funnel patients - that is business, not medicine. If you try to call it medicine, then it is corruption. Without legislation, it will keep happening.
A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
If I'm at the front line and refuse to treat a patient, it's considered a crime. As a physician, this is my oath. I'm going to treat everyone regardless.
Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.
The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.
What patients seek is not scientific knowledge that doctors hide, but existential authenticity each person must find on her own... the angst of facing mortality has no remedy in probability.
I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
My patient population has a low recidivism rate, but if they haven't made up their minds that it is permanent, then of course, they will fail.
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