In fact, fathers could delay funding their sons' marriages on the grounds that money was unavailable, thereby prolonging their access to the young men's labor.
No one seriously proposed that the families were mistaken in thinking that ventilator support would be effective in prolonging the patient's biological existence.
Therefore, it was argued, a process of prolonging independence will have substantial economic advantages, as care remains on lower cost settings.
Indirect costs such as unrelated healthcare costs and costs of general consumption generated by prolonging of life were not included in the analysis.
Prolonging life is not typically a clinical goal of palliative care.
Of the remaining six, three had surgical thrombectomy, one developed bronchitis and two had renal anomalies which required evaluation before discharge, thus prolonging their hospitalization.
One physician questioned the wisdom of prolonging the dying.
Nevertheless, the possible efficacy of sub-imbibed storage in prolonging the post-harvest lifespan of recalcitrant seeds has been suggested periodically since 1980.
