Money And Government Health Care: Older People Denied Proper Access To Cancer Treatment
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 11:50
in Psychology & Sociology
When advocates want governments to take over some aspect of society, the argument is often an economic one - the money saved will be a suitably cosmic number. Yet in the trenches of government-run industries the reality is much different. Taxes are finite so committees learn to cut costs where they can. Older people, perhaps because they have already led full lives, are being denied proper access to cancer care, according to an editorial by Queen's University Belfast academic Professor Mark Lawler of the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology. read more