19 August 2009

Socialised medicine...

...it's about procedures... not results...
Coroners are refusing to test for an infection which causes vCJD - despite government pleas that it could help protect the public, the BBC has learnt.

The Coroners' Society of England and Wales has told officials that if they were to request consent from relatives to carry out research it would compromise their neutrality and breach the trust they have built up with the public.
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