Ok thanks I get it now regarding the rueful tongue in cheek.
Well, I didn't hear it that way. What I heard was him suggesting following a realistic course when the evidence regarding a patient, based on expert medical opinion, clearly indicated any other course would be pointless. (and perhaps even counterproductive).
I won't bore with details unless requested, but having not too long ago gone though something like this with my own ******, what he said resonated with me.
If not advocating that old people **** themselves, he shares the sentiment that it would be better for society if healthcare resources were spent elsewhere and not ****** on the elderly whose value to the state does not match their cost. They're better off taking their pain pills and dying.
Well, I didn't hear it that way. What I heard was him suggesting following a realistic course when the evidence regarding a patient, based on expert medical opinion, clearly indicated any other course would be pointless. (and perhaps even counterproductive).
I won't bore with details unless requested, but having not too long ago gone though something like this with my own ******, what he said resonated with me.