He claimed they should not expect National Health Service time and money to be spent on research into prolonging life.
And so, it's the issue of do we adhere to the patient's wishes if there's hope of prolonging life or preserving health?
We still have a lot to do before we will know if we are really prolonging life and reducing serious medical problems.
The Minister also argued that many new drugs do not have as many benefits as they claim in prolonging life and warned that patients can suffer side effects worse than the original symptoms.
One is that we are lousy in the UK at catching and diagnosing the disease before it becomes inoperable: cutting the cancer out through surgery is still the most effective way of prolonging life.
Still, these measures smack of a rescue of weak regional banks, artificially prolonging their life.
Picochip is the market leader in femtocells, which redirect mobile-phone signals through landlines, boosting coverage in remote areas and prolonging battery life.
Since their widespread development and use over a century ago, childhood vaccines have enjoyed remarkable success, saving countless lives and prolonging the life expectancy of millions of Americans.
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ExxonMobil is interested in prolonging the shelf life of drill bits, which wear out after only hours boring holes in the ground.
It is too early to tell if Dr Rosen's discovery is a life-prolonging one.
Bayless did not want life-prolonging medical interventions, and her family is fully satisfied with the care she received.
The drug, which is based on a chemical found in red wine that is thought to mimic the life-prolonging effects of a very low-calorie diet, proved safe.
Florida's statute-suggested living will, for example, directs life-prolonging treatments to be stopped if there is "no reasonable medical probability" of recovery from a terminal condition or persistent vegetative state.
In recent years there have been substantial gains in the number of people receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries, totalling 4 million by December 2008, which represents an increase of 1 million from the previous year.
Also (b) if we look at it from an economic viewpoint (as we do of most things, these days) then there is no financial sense in prolonging, e.g. my life, if I become seriously ill and incapacitated and I choose not to want to burden anyone.
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