Comments on: Buddhist beliefs and end-of-life care http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/buddhist-beliefs-and-end-of-life-care.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/buddhist-beliefs-and-end-of-life-care.html#comment-69304 Anonymous Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/buddhist-beliefs-and-end-of-life-care.html#comment-69304 It's not the legal system, it's the families. If you don't like the laws regarding disposition of bodies and estates, change them. You're a voter, you elect the people who pass these laws. <br/><br/>The "legal system" simply enforces the laws you voted to pass.<br/><br/>So what laws do you want changed with regard to probate issues? It’s not the legal system, it’s the families. If you don’t like the laws regarding disposition of bodies and estates, change them. You’re a voter, you elect the people who pass these laws.

The “legal system” simply enforces the laws you voted to pass.

So what laws do you want changed with regard to probate issues?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/buddhist-beliefs-and-end-of-life-care.html#comment-69301 Anonymous Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/buddhist-beliefs-and-end-of-life-care.html#comment-69301 "This is not over," said the family's lawyer, Peter J. Unitt, who vowed to take the case to the Supreme Judicial Court and the Legislature if necessary. "This is something that the courts will have to deal with."<br/><br/>I can now reast easy knowning that the legal system is now positioned to handle every aspect of my life from cradle to grave. No doubt they are working on extending the legal process well into the afterlife. “This is not over,” said the family’s lawyer, Peter J. Unitt, who vowed to take the case to the Supreme Judicial Court and the Legislature if necessary. “This is something that the courts will have to deal with.”

I can now reast easy knowning that the legal system is now positioned to handle every aspect of my life from cradle to grave. No doubt they are working on extending the legal process well into the afterlife.

]]> By: Gasmanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/buddhist-beliefs-and-end-of-life-care.html#comment-69299 Gasman Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/buddhist-beliefs-and-end-of-life-care.html#comment-69299 Mr. Chend died in the state of Massachusetts, where brain-dead is legally the same as cardiovascular dead. Upon dying, Mr. Cheng ceased to have rights and legal protections afforded only the living. The family now has legal posession of the body, which they may dispose of in any manner they see fit. If they wish to contract with some agency to provide continued organ support, then so be it. The hospital's responsibility is now one of dealing with the Cheng family's property rights in their interest in the body. The hospital has no further obligation to provide life support. However, if the Cheng family is willing to pay, then the hospital might be willing to warehouse the body of the deceased. Nobody wants to say it, but it all comes down to money. The insurer has dispensed with its duty to pay now that the insured life is no longer. The hospital will bag and arrange for transfer of the body, but otherwise has no obligation. The care is costing the hospital at least a $1000 a day, with charges of course being substantially more. Mr. Chend died in the state of Massachusetts, where brain-dead is legally the same as cardiovascular dead. Upon dying, Mr. Cheng ceased to have rights and legal protections afforded only the living. The family now has legal posession of the body, which they may dispose of in any manner they see fit. If they wish to contract with some agency to provide continued organ support, then so be it. The hospital’s responsibility is now one of dealing with the Cheng family’s property rights in their interest in the body. The hospital has no further obligation to provide life support. However, if the Cheng family is willing to pay, then the hospital might be willing to warehouse the body of the deceased. Nobody wants to say it, but it all comes down to money. The insurer has dispensed with its duty to pay now that the insured life is no longer. The hospital will bag and arrange for transfer of the body, but otherwise has no obligation. The care is costing the hospital at least a $1000 a day, with charges of course being substantially more.

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