Rationing elective surgery for smokers and obese patients: responsibility or prognosis?

Rationing elective surgery for smokers and obese patients: responsibility or prognosis?

Abstract Background In the United Kingdom (UK), a number of National Health Service (NHS) Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) have proposed controversial measures to restrict elective surgery for patients who either smoke or are obese. Whilst the nature of these measures varies between NHS authoriti...

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Main Authors: Virimchi Pillutla, Hannah Maslen, Julian Savulescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Subjects:
Rationing
NHS
Clinical thresholds
Personal responsibility
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0272-7

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