In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2014 10:24:04 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Do you take the oxygen away, knowing it will curtail the quality
of
life if not life itself, but likely save other residents from a
resulting fire?

Simple solution.

Show the patient a video demonstrating the issue, and ask them to
choose for themselves.

Patient will always say yes.

But will have a much better understanding of the consequencies to
them and others of an oxygen enriched fire. Far better than just a
few words from their consultant or a leaflet that won't be read. As
you say the patient will say "just give me the fing oxygen".

It's more a question of assessing the likelyhood of them setting light
to themselves, and the knock-on consequences of doing so to others
around them, verses the severely curtailed quality of life if they can't
use oxygen.

I'd say that if some one isn't prepared to make life style changes to
improve their health why should the rest of us pick up the tab for
their treatment? They had the choice to start with, take the
consequencies of that choice.

The rest of us pick up the tab either way, and it's probably way more
expensive to look after someone who can't get out of a chair than it
is to supply oxygen to them, keeping them minimally self-mobile to
the toilet, kitchen, bed, etc.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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