LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Leukaemia sufferer treatment debate

Genre

Interview

TX Date

11 Mar 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:44

Description

Interview with Stephen Thornton, Chief Executive of the Cambridge and Huntingdon Health Commission, on the refusal of treatment by Cambridge Health Authority to a ten-year-old leukaemia sufferer. Thornton claims the cost is not the issue, and that the treatment would be detrimential to the patient’s quality of life. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Stephen Thornton

Keywords

Health services; Medical ethics; Leukaemia; Health authorities; Children (age group); Medical treatment; Health economics; Anticancer drugs; Cambridge Health Authority

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