Do you think smokers should be denied hospital treatment?!
Question: There has been discussion about denying transplants for alcoholics but should it be limited to them? Should smokers be denied medication and/or treatments?
This is a discussion and NOT what I believe!!
Answers: There has been discussion about denying transplants for alcoholics but should it be limited to them? Should smokers be denied medication and/or treatments?
This is a discussion and NOT what I believe!!
Where would it end? No emergency treatment for people who choose to do dangerous things like racing drivers, mountain climbers, cavers, jockeys
No - lets face it - the tax on ciggies is paying for the NHS or so Gormless Gordon Brown tells us.
If you refuse treatment for everyone that does anything that can endanger their health then that would mean the hospitals would be empty.
Apart from the obvious, obese, drug addicts etc. What about car or motorcycle racers, stuntmen, those who balloon or bungee jump etc. Where would one draw the line?
No.
I understand denying transplants for alcholics because they will most likely just destroy the organs which could have gone to someone who would've taken care of them. I can see denying transplants for smokers too, but not all medical care.
They should be able to get medical treatment and medications though, especially if they pay for insurance or recieve benefits from their job. Otherwise, treat them and then send them a bill just like the rest of us get.
i think it should be to a point. today everybody knows, in the US at least, that smoking is vary harmful to the body. it can cause cancer from the bladder to the esophagus, from the lungs to the mouth. the danger is well known. it's not right to let them die, but people who have conditions not caused by their own habits should get to the front of the line.
I am a respiratory therapist and although it pisses me off when a smoker has breathing treatemnts ordered every four or six hours and then proceeds to smoke after, or before them, i would never deny them the right to the treatments. I would speak with them and give them a smoking cessation packet. I may tell them we will stop the treatments if you keep smoking because you are negating the whole process. They deserve the opportunity to treatmnet but hopefully they will stop smoking.
Well if someone needs a transplant because they abused drinking then ya they should be behind someone who needs it for other reasons...sorry i dunno thats just how i feel...it just seems to make more sense ...and about smokers no...cos we all have habits ....lol im not a smoker either so i didnt say that just cos it applies to me...
No, Course they should 'nt. They are the only ones who really need it. Most of the none smokers are shirkers. Why should the smokers pay for there treatment?
They pay more tax than we do so why should they be denied, & they all don't get sick from cigarettes
smoking is bad our health
but we like so much why you know
thats all the secret
nicotin is change our mind
No, they are people too.
No Way!!!!! None of us are perfect, I don't think ANYONE should be denied treatment and left to suffer!!!!
Oh no smokers pay a hell of a lot into the NHS ... no one should be denied treatment if they are ill .. no matter their lifestyle :)
Im a non smoker, but i think smokers & alcoholics should get medical treatment. I think it should depend on if you are paying, or have paid uk taxes all your working life, yes you should be allowed. I think it should be denied for all scroungers !! whos done naf all and are just cheating the system
no i dont because half the doctors and nurses smoke themselves,would they deny a loved one treatment who was seriously ill just because they smoked i dont think so do you.
Just last week we read a report in Yahoo news stating that a fat smoker and drinker costs much less to the NHS than a healthy non-smoker, non-drinker. So I don't know what your debate is about. The question then should be: Do you think health freaks should be denied hospital treatment?
We are human beings the same as non smokers and if we work we pay NI contributions and high tax on our cigarettes that goes to the NHS. Do you think drivers should be denied hospital treatment? their cars give out more pollution than cigarette smoke?
Lets exclude drug addicts, people who take no exercise and people with red hair as well?
no they shouldnt...smokng its an addiction, people become smokers for many reasons not just because they want to because its cool...but the best way to treat people who smoke is by giving them therapy. helping them not to get cancer or any other sickness...
NO, EVEN IF IT IS DONE THE HOSPITALS WON'T, THEY WILL CLOSE.
GOVT. ENCOURAGES BY ALLOWING MANUFACTURING ALCHOHOL AND TOBACCO AND PUT SLOGANS
IF THE ROOT IS NOT THERE WHERE WILL THE TREE GROW?
No, that would be like not treating someone who attempted suicide, who's anorexic, toxic etc.
no! if the person is healthy enough for a transplant they should receive one.
Sure, why not?
While we are at it, people should be weighed at check-in at every hospital and billed according to their body fat ratio. Heavier people have more health problems and after all they chose to eat too much. This would also apply to young ladies with medical problems who binge and purge to maintain an unreasonably low weight.
People who drive cars shouldn't be treated for injuries received in wrecks. They chose to get behind the wheel. This goes for scooters, skateboarders, skiers and people who take escalators rather than the stairs.
Women who chose to get pregnant should find their own care, why should everyone else pay for their birthing process? Get a midwife, stay home and good luck with your pain control.
And unless you maintain an active cardo exercise routine, don't even try and check in for any kind of heart problems. You'll have to show your up to date exercise club card and have your attendance record faxed to the Admitting Office.
While we are at it, people who eat sugar shouldn't receive dental services either. Sugar is bad for you and a life choice that you make.
That about does it. Life is about choices and we should shame and punish everyone who makes any choice that can affect their future health.
Doesn't that sound right?
g-day!
No I do not think they should be denied , but I feel that decision will be in the hands of the consultants.
I attended a medical conference many years ago when the discussion was, Who had the right to switch off the life support system,I would take odds that this denial, -will- go down that route.)I am NOT saying I agree with it)
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