My mother specified do not resuscitate, but we still wanted her to have oxygen and could give her water. To starve and dehydrate a person to death is heinous. How could one live with oneself without the mercy of even placing a sponge with water on the tongue? I can’t conceive of it.
I think it is a matter of money. We are in so much debt that if they let every person live until they die it costs a fortune. It is horrible to starve someone of course. It is just a matter of who pays for the hospital bill of someone who stays alive years and years longer. I say the family pays. The insurance company should pay until the doctor says there is no hope. Anyone without insurance should not even have a choice. How dare uninsured folks leave the bill to the tax payers. I am really sick of that!!!!