I had read in last Fridays Daily Telegraph, about the thoughts not to treat Fatties, Smokies and Drinkies because these were self inflicted.
But that leaves the list open to far more people, the amateur footballer or rugby player that smashes their knee, sorry self inflicted you didn't need to be playing that game! The hillclimber/mountaineer slips off, falls breaks his back, sorry we know you only climbed it 'because it's there', we class that as self inflicted.
I thought the idea of the NHS was to give treatment to people that needed it 'without prejudice', we have all taken trips to out patients for those silly little accidents in the home or whilst persuing a hobby no doubt all of these could in some way be classed as 'self inflicted'.
If the attitude of the doctors is to be we only treat the successes then I think they are in the wrong job, it is supposed to be a caring profession and not supposed to criticise people because of their life-style.
