Exactly - you should have a *choice* - but having just read the article, the author thinks that it costs too much in resources to offer that choice, that it takes too much time to discuss this thing with patients - time which would be better spent doing other things. It seems that this idea wil take choice away from people. I won't be asking for CPR if I get too infirm - but I'd like it to be *my* choice, and not the choice of NICE (Clinical Excellence government bods).