I notice that the editorial doesn't mention cost at all, yet in the US over 80% of household bankruptcies are caused by medical bills, a lot caused at a point in which its clear there's no hope of recovery.
Although one of your answers looked at the UK perspective (I assume because NHS funds are more limited and they do limit treatment based on some factors) I was wondering if you could look more at the US, and not from the perspective of the doctors but of the patient households.
Do you think this financial aspect will make it easier or harder for patients to consider dying in the US? As keeping some people alive will cause more harm to their family (we'll skip over the craziness of a healthcare system which leads to these large bills)
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I notice that the editorial doesn't mention cost at all, yet in the US over 80% of household bankruptcies are caused by medical bills, a lot caused at a point in which its clear there's no hope of recovery.
Although one of your answers looked at the UK perspective (I assume because NHS funds are more limited and they do limit treatment based on some factors) I was wondering if you could look more at the US, and not from the perspective of the doctors but of the patient households.
Do you think this financial aspect will make it easier or harder for patients to consider dying in the US? As keeping some people alive will cause more harm to their family (we'll skip over the craziness of a healthcare system which leads to these large bills)
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