Really? I'd prefer they shoot me in the head. It's faster, and in the event I am able to comprehend what is going on, it seems much more humane and less horrifying than two-weeks of starvation/dehydration.
I Somewhat agree. Many people long for a death that is quick and painless; such as dying in one’s sleep. Unfortunately, this is not always so if a person has very debilitating terminal cancer. They may anguish for weeks before dying even though medical professionals do a good job at controlling pain and discomfort.
Subjecting someone to starvation and dehydration even if medically controlled is a prolonged process that should be avoided.
However, in the case of brain injured patients, they sometimes tend to be biologgically tenacious; meaning they won’t die when someone wants they to.
Depriving these people of food and water is a very aggressive approach to starting a process that will kill them.
No one can survive without food and water indefinitely.
Removing someone’s feeding tube if they not actively dying has one intent; To cause their death and kill them.
Even pulling the plug like with ventilator, the intent is not as strong as people sometimes survive after the ventilator is pulled.
KAQ (Karen Ann Quilen) was disconnected from a ventilator because the family felt it was overly burdonsome and causing her discomfort.
KAQ also had feeding tube. The family did not pull this and KAQ died of natural causes many years later.
When the family was asked on why they didn’t pull KAQ’s feeding tube, the family responded “It’s her nourishment.”