Published: June 16, 2019
It is rare in Australia that any intervention with proven benefit would be denied a patient, even when cost is a barrier
How much money would you give to save the life of a terminally ill patient? It turns out a lot – enough to restore one’s faith in humanity that, even in this crazy world, we can stop to care for the plight of a stranger. But are you entitled to know how your money is spent?
My patient was a foreign student when he became ill with a cancer whose size and virulence defied imagination. No number of expensive tests would change the first surgeon’s conclusion that it was inoperable. But this news seemed so unthinkable that we obtained multiple opinions to confirm that surgery would be futile and dangerous.
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