dagblog - Comments for "Surgery Rate Late in Life Surprises Researchers"

So much care wasted on the

Rootman — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:24:27 +0000

So much care wasted on the sick.

Yes, this, and more

Verified Atheist — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:53:55 +0000

In reply to People are sick before they

Yes, this, and more specifically, did they exclude people who died from complications due to surgery, especially for those who had surgery in their last week of life?

New rule. Recipients of

Red Planet — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:00:59 +0000

In reply to Surgery Rate Late in Life Surprises Researchers

New rule.

Recipients of surgical interventions are henceforth required to swear and affirm that the contemplated surgery is not scheduled to occur during the last week, month or year of their lives.

In the event of a fraudulent undertaking on the part of said recipient, the surgery in question shall be reversed by a surgeon or surgeons, competent in the relevant area of practice, prior to interment or cremation of the corpse.

People are sick before they

Rootman — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:55:58 +0000

In reply to Surgery Rate Late in Life Surprises Researchers

People are sick before they die. Major discovery.

Hey, if we knew it was our

Donal — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:15:58 +0000

In reply to Surgery Rate Late in Life Surprises Researchers

Hey, if we knew it was our last week of life, we wouldn't bother having the surgery. What we have here ... is a failure ... to communicate!