CAN DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS REFUSE TREATMENT?

The NHS and similar state run health services are often loath to treat terminal patients when valuable resources can be better employed treating patients who have some hope of recovery. Are they right or should money and effort  not be a concern? Determine where you stand and defend your position.
Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/  

Reading material to make notes on

·         How much would you pay to live an extra year? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/11/how-much-would-you-pay-to-live-an-extra-year/

·         Funding expensive treatments for some on the NHS means less money for everyone else

https://theconversation.com/funding-expensive-treatments-for-some-on-the-nhs-means-less-money-for-everyone-else-36726

·         How much would you pay to live an extra year? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151201-how-much-would-you-pay-to-live-for-an-extra-year

·         Breast cancer drug is too expensive http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/25/kadcyla-cancer-drug-too-expensive-nhs

·         Pressure grows on Roche to lower drug price  https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/pressure-grows-on-roche-to-lower-breast-cancer-drug-price

·         Letting Go  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/02/letting-go-2

·         What doctors and patients want at the end of life http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-doctors-patients-want-at-end-of-life/  Watch the video and read the text