Comments on: Carrying cards to avoid being "Terri Schiavoed" http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alison Cumminshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri.html#comment-70534 Alison Cummins Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri-schiavoed.html#comment-70534 I don’t see anything about being brain dead in the article. It just says “admitted to hospital.”<br/><br/>“UK doctors were warned in November that they may face prison sentences if they refuse to withdraw food and fluids from patients who have previously indicated they do not want medical treatment.”<br/><br/>The article doesn’t say anything about being brain dead; it does, however, refer to a man with a progressive neurological disorder who wants to be fed and hydrated when he can’t eat and drink any more — but who can’t find anyone who can reassure him that he’ll be looked after when he is no longer able to speak for himself. <br/><br/>Kevin, you’ve completely lost me on this one. I don’t see anything about being brain dead in the article. It just says “admitted to hospital.”

“UK doctors were warned in November that they may face prison sentences if they refuse to withdraw food and fluids from patients who have previously indicated they do not want medical treatment.”

The article doesn’t say anything about being brain dead; it does, however, refer to a man with a progressive neurological disorder who wants to be fed and hydrated when he can’t eat and drink any more — but who can’t find anyone who can reassure him that he’ll be looked after when he is no longer able to speak for himself.

Kevin, you’ve completely lost me on this one.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri.html#comment-70514 Anonymous Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri-schiavoed.html#comment-70514 same thing with abortion. same thing with abortion.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri.html#comment-70512 Anonymous Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri-schiavoed.html#comment-70512 David, you were reading my mind! David, you were reading my mind!

]]> By: Davidhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri.html#comment-70506 David Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/carrying-cards-to-avoid-being-terri-schiavoed.html#comment-70506 I have no problem if people want to take extreme measures and incur extreme costs to prolong their own lives (or the lives of their bodies if they're braindead), so long as they're the ones paying for it. Will the Catholic Church be starting a fund to cover these medical expenses?<br/><br/>There is a line beyond which it is poor public policy to take extreme and costly measures to prolong or potentially save a life, and if people want to use a line of their own making, that's fine so long as the public isn't paying for it. I have no problem if people want to take extreme measures and incur extreme costs to prolong their own lives (or the lives of their bodies if they’re braindead), so long as they’re the ones paying for it. Will the Catholic Church be starting a fund to cover these medical expenses?

There is a line beyond which it is poor public policy to take extreme and costly measures to prolong or potentially save a life, and if people want to use a line of their own making, that’s fine so long as the public isn’t paying for it.

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