dwinkjr Posted March 22, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,430 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/18/1981 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I think what we ultimately need to see come out of this is the redefining of Artificial Means of sustaining life. As many of us agree a feeding tube is not the same as a respirator. Allowing family members to deny a patient a feeding tube is the equivilent of allowing children and senior citizens who are not capable of feeding htemselves to be starved to death. God Bless, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted March 22, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I think what we ultimately need to see come out of this is the redefining of Artificial Means of sustaining life. As many of us agree a feeding tube is not the same as a respirator. Allowing family members to deny a patient a feeding tube is the equivilent of allowing children and senior citizens who are not capable of feeding htemselves to be starved to death. God Bless, Dave <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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