NHS Says Government Advice Behind Refusal of Cancer Drug
NHS chiefs have informed a court that they took the advice of the government in refusing to provide the breast cancer drug Herceptin to a mother of three children. Swindon NHS chiefs said that the denial of the drug to Ann Marie Rogers was issued after taking advice from their superiors.// Herceptin is not licensed for early stage breast cancer, but women in the UK are suing the NHS for...A Man Taken To Court Due to His Refusal to Leave the Hospital
An elderly man was ordered to vacate the hospital bed that he had been occupying for the past three years. The high court passed out ruling because this man refused to leave the hospital even though he needed no medical or nursing care.// Mr. Justice Wilkie gave the 72-year-old man 14 days to leave the Finchley Memorial Hospital in North London. In addition he w...US Senate Approves Embryo-research Plan Despite President's Refusal
The US Senate voted to expand federal funding for research on new human embryonic stem cells, setting the stage for George W. Bush's first veto of his presidency.// The 63-37 vote followed two days of debate that pitted the promise of new disease cures against deep questions of conscience, especially among Bush's supporters on the religious right who view embryos as human life and opp...Refusal of Surgery for Smokers – To Be or Not to Be
The controversy over refusal of surgery to known smokers is all set to be rekindled this week with two renowned experts debating the issue in this week’s BMJ//. The issue was initiated by the decision of a primary care trust last year to remove smokers from the waiting lists to contain burgeoning costs. Professor Mathew Peters who is from Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Australia feels t...Study Finds Reason About Brains Refusal to Change Brands
A new study has revealed the reason behind peoples loyalty to one product, even in the presence of better alternatives. A significant new study from the Journal of Consumer Research has identified a mechanism called cognitive lock-in as an influential determinant of peoples choices. We find that consumers typically are not aware that this mechanism is a powerful determ...