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___________ SyndicateRSS/XML Print Syndicate Perhaps it is better not to resuscitate By Kevin Pittman - posted Monday, 27 March 2006 Sign Up for free e-mail updates!

Emergency room doctors all eventually face the issue of refusal to resuscitate someone.

If a patient is clearly frail and sickly, do you have a duty to resuscitate him or her?

The same question might be asked of health care - so frail and sickly that maybe it would be better to cut off the oxygen and start again.

I’m going to focus on Queensland.

If these issues aren’t on the front pages of your state’s newspaper, it’s only because they have more interesting news to publish.

Health is in crisis across Australia.

Queensland has only compounded the problems with the sheer incompetence at some hospitals, and by bureaucrats and ministers.

The objective of any health system is to promote and contribute to a healthy population.

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