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To: wagglebee

So, even if someone states that they want to live, medical professionals can disregard this, because they know better than their patient? This is insane.


15 posted on 06/30/2014 12:21:18 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
So, even if someone states that they want to live, medical professionals can disregard this, because they know better than their patient? This is insane.

Good, honest medical professionals can tell patients and their family that their prognosis is very terminal. And further treatment is unwarranted and just prolonging their imminent death. Comfort measures might be in order.

But it's still the patient or the patient's POA to decide.................

35 posted on 06/30/2014 1:53:26 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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