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Old 12-19-2005, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ravager
Well, I'd say it was one way of getting people to have healthier habits before a treatment, but at what cost?
Aren't there medical oaths that a patient is to be helped in any case if possible?
Also there is no guarantee that a patient couldn't just recur into those unhealthy habits that may have caused a condition in the first place.

In such cases I believe there if a condition could be improved by stopping an unhealthy habit then the patient should be informed and encouraged to stop that habit, but not to the effect of witholding a treatment which could be potentially fatal to the patient.
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