>>>The Liverpool Care "Death" Pathway is being phased out, the NHS is under scrutiny for a culture which leads to mistreatment in the care of people with disabilities.
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>>>The British High Court has decided to let hospitals (with judges consent, aka CYA) decide who lives and dies regardless of the family's wishes.
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>>>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_BRITAIN_WITHHOLDING_TREATMENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-30-07-25-07
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>>>Britain's highest court has ruled in favor of a hospital that gained court approval to withhold treatment from a terminally ill man despite the family's opposition.
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>>>What a lovely culture the west is reverting to.
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>>The Liverpool pathway was about managing someones road to death mainly to reduce suffering.
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>The idea of the LCP was as you describe, in practice it was used as an excuse to accelerate patients' expiration.
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>>It wasn't a death panel
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>Tell it to Andrew Flanagan.
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>There is a reason it is being mothballed. Not that it matters thanks to the High Court.
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>I repeat, what a lovely culture we're reverting to.

Cheer up! ;-)