It is why we persevere with Terri's Legacy, the thirteen days she suffered from starvation and not a drop of water.
Thanks, wagglebee.
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Not every caregiver for a family member who is nearing the end of life will have the kind of experience that “chilled” Emery Biro when his father died last year.
But, as a Sept. 14 Vatican document acknowledges, the experience is becoming all too common.
End-of-life decisions are being influenced by a culture that is increasingly driven by cost motives and increasingly taking on a kind of moral authority that Christians believe is the province of God alone.
“Dying isn’t dead; it’s living,” said bioethicist Wesley Smith, but many hospice centers and palliative care professionals seem to overlook that truism today.
On Sept. 14, the Vatican ruled that nutrition and hydration, even if delivered by “artificial” means, cannot simply be terminated because doctors have determined that a person will never recover consciousness.
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Beginning to suspect that the hospice was not feeding or hydrating his father, Biro spent many hours day and night in his father’s room.
After four days, he walked outside the facility and dialed 911.
“I told them: ‘My dad’s dehydrated and malnourished.’ They sent an ambulance and took him back to St. Luke’s Hospital,” Biro said.
Biro has no complaints about his father’s care at St. Luke’s Hospital. But the damage had been done, he said. “He died there six days later.”
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WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published a study yesterday entitled, "The Breast Cancer Epidemic." It showed that, among seven risk factors, abortion is the "best predictor of breast cancer," and fertility is also a useful predictor.
The study by Patrick Carroll of PAPRI in London showed that countries with higher abortion rates, such as England & Wales, could expect a substantial increase in breast cancer incidence. Where abortion rates are low (i.e., Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic) a smaller increase is expected. Where a decline in abortion has taken place, (i.e., Denmark and Finland) a decline in breast cancer is anticipated.
New Study Shows Abortion is 'Best Predictor of Breast Cancer'
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