First is this about Sam Golubchuk and his fate we chronicle here. The second follows below about what can go wrong in South Africa.
Do we really want socialized medicine in any form?
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Anyone who considers Canada’s health system a role model for the U.S. should consider the case of Samuel Golubchuk. His case shows the inevitable collision course between government-controlled health care and the rights of private conscience.
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Here is the ethical conflict. The doctor believes that he cannot “ethically participate in the administration of this treatment any longer.” He thinks the machines only prolong Golubchuk’s suffering. So he wants to unplug them. British common law, the foundation of Canadian law, requires a physician to provide care only as long as he thinks it benefits the patient. The Golubchuks believe it would be intrinsically evil to unplug the machines.
The conflict takes on an ever larger dimension because it’s set in Canada. There, the government controls what happens in the health care system, not individuals and families. If your values place you in opposition to the government’s values ... well, tough.
Because of the government’s overriding control over health care, this is potentially every Canadian family’s story. And if the U.S. adopts a government-controlled health care system, it is potentially every American family’s story as well......................................
Moral costs of socializedmedicine
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