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	Sentenced to death on the NHS

Normn8or

9-3-2009 10:46 PM

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Full Article Here... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6127514/Sentenced-to-death-on-the-NHS.html

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Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an 
  NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors have warned. 
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In <A href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/6133157/Dying-patients.html"><STRONG>a 
  letter to The Daily Telegraph</STRONG></A>, a group of experts who care for the 
  terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to 
  death.
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Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help doctors and medical staff 
  deal with dying patients, they can then have fluid and drugs withdrawn and 
  many are put on continuous sedation until they pass away. 
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But this approach can also mask the signs that their condition is improving, 
  the experts warn. 
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