Lifestyle May Deny Smokers and Drinkers Hospital Treatment
Western Mail › December 09, 2005
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Patients could be denied treatment in some cases if lifestyle factors such as smoking or being obese make it ineffective, the Government's treatment watchdog said yesterday.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence said that doctors should avoid discriminating against patients with conditions that are, or may be, self-inflicted.See the full content of this document
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Lifestyle May Deny Smokers and Drinkers Hospital Treatment
But their report said that if self-inflicted factors meant that drugs or treatment would be less clinically and...
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