At 03:10 PM 4/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Ernie P...
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>You said "By the way, I know it is only a word but, <grinning> I have several
>60 year old friends who would hate to be described as elderly.
>Ernie. Aged 54 (six years to elderly)."
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>SMACK!!!  <---- Barb slams the hapless Ernie one upside his wee head)  HEY..
>I'm the same age as you and I'm NOT "six years to elderly!!!" <grin>
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>FYI.. "elderly is... is... uhhhhhh.... is.... 112 years old!!
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>There.  Aren't ya glad THAT'S settled? <giggle>
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>Barb Mallut
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hey i am 72 had pd 25 years. old  no young yes chase mom around the
housemcan,t catch her. petty good me in elec cart to don I.Y.Q.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange  On Behalf Of Ernie Peters
>Sent:   Wednesday, April 30, 1997 10:28 AM
>To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
>Subject:        Re: No further appointments UK
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>Jean,
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>If this is true, I am appalled.
>
>Mark, you say:
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>>
>>Don't get me wrong, I am not defending the practice, but if you HAD to
>>choose between attending a 25 YO and a >60 YO, other things being equal,
>>who should get the higher priority?   Even so, I find it difficult to
>>believe that  the neurologist  can (or is forced to) wash his hands of his
>>elderly patients so callously.
>
>I understand what you are saying Mark, but we should only accept this
>principle when it is genuinely out of our control - ie, the sinking ship
>with insufficient lifeboats scenario.
>
>The situation described by Jean however, is NOT out of our control.  The
>resources available for state medical care in any country are dependent on
>two things only:
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>a)  The collective wealth of the country.
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>b)  The priority, in terms of funding by taxes, that the government gives it.
>
>It is therefore the politicians (and to a certain extent the people who
>elect them) who decide where to draw the line on state health care.  The
>excuse I have heard often in this country is that the Health Service is a
>bottomless pit into which one throws money.  Maybe, but if we have to limit
>Neurologist consultations by age, ANY AGE, then the line has been drawn far
>too low in my opinion.
>
>By the way, I know it is only a word but, <grinning> I have several 60 year
>old friends who would hate to be described as elderly.
>
>Ernie. Aged 54 (six years to elderly). PD diag 3.4yrs.
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>Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]>
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