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Is there a rule/law that will deny George Best a transplant if he needs one?
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What is his postion now should he need another transplant ...from a legal point of view ....do the doctors have a legal standpoint to deny him?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hmm, Woofgang, that's an interesting phrase: "likelihood of a successful outcome." I would have thought that a successful outcome would be taking care of the his new liver, not ruining it like he did with the first one. I don't think it would come to a second transplant - if I was him I wouldn't dare ask for one.
sorry, another misunderstanding.The word behaviour does not imply choice. Its a behaviour to yell ouch when you hit your thumb with a hammer : its also a behaviour to abuse alcohol or any other substance. Both behaviours can be modified, although its much much much harder to modify a substance abuse behaviour than it is to stop yelling ouch.....finally a joke. How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one but the lightbulb has to want to change.
I may well be wrong here, but I think that doctors can deny treatment. If a person is obese or a smoker and they require a certain operation, they can deny treatment if they feel that the patient is not helping themselves. With Mr Best, he promised to stop drinking if they gave him a transplant. He did stop for a period of time. If he wanted another transplant, his actions would count against him.
Robber 1, yes you are, the reason for the refusal to treat is because the obesity or smoking mean that the risk of the treatment is too great, usually something to do with surviving the anaesthetic NOT because they feel that the patient isn't helping him or herself. His actions might well count against him because of a likely poor outcome due to physical or psychological frailty.
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