UK Physicians Charge NHS With Death Panels

An end-of-life protocol pushed by the UK’s National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) may have resulted in patients being sedated and dehydrated to death before their time, a major story reports today in the Daily Telegraph . This is akin to Sarah Palin’s death panel fear—and if it is true, it is a huge lesson for us as we discuss health care reform.  More details over at Secondhand Smoke .

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