tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post3553475024012474781..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: The modern world: when the coolest new discovery scares the hell out of me...Steven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-34361018538635442202009-02-12T13:42:00.000-05:002009-02-12T13:42:00.000-05:00Steve-You have every right to be scared. I have w...Steve-You have every right to be scared. I have watched over the last 4 decades well-intentioned assistive devices/interventions morph into extreme overusage, and misapplied modality of service to our citizens. Most of these have to do with end of life issues. A partial list includes: the ventilator--originally designed to resuscitate young drowning victims--the acknowledgement that a young, viable person can be rescued and returned to a full, productive life. Organ transplants--again, for the acute episode of organ failure in young/mid adulthood, with the relative assurance of return to full, productive engagement. There was a time when a patient wasn't admitted to an intensive care unit after age 65. I am by no means saying the current threshold be 65, but ask any health care provider, the hospitals are turning into nursing homes, and the nursing homes are turning into hospitals and rehab centers. We as a nation really need to examine chemo being started on 90 year olds, who are already bedridden and confined, and organs being allocated to 75+, as a repeat procedure. Tough outcomes, expensive financially and resourcefully for some well intended purposes. Almost forgot my favorite, cryogenics. Woman had husband's sperm banked when he became ill. He subsequently died. A time later decides to go forth and induce pregnancy, post his demise. She wants and is suing for Social Security for the child. And then there's our Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Yea, it's scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com