(Date Posted:11/06/2007 03:15:29)
Reply to : The Cuteness
Should doctors be able to overrule the wishes of a patient who refuses blood in life threatening situations? That's the question the media are asking in the UK right nowhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7078455.stm
AGAIN! ...this kind of story/ issue comes up time and time again..... very emotive...its even worse imo...when parents make that kind of religious decision on behalf of their children.
I think maybe.. there needs to be in place some kind of documented - child protection guildline that the Medical people can use in such circumstances as children. Parents don't own their children but who does? Is the state or the Dr's going to be responsible for raising the child in place of the parent? ...nope..! Not adequately...ask any carer of a disabled child what that's like - its cost a tonne of time and effort. What happens to adult kids when their elderly parents drop dead.? ........................(not that the case in point is about disability)
but an adult?
.......its a tough ethical dilemma......what role does the government play in determing life - survival ? I don't know....I 'd have to think about it....I don't think Drs...have the right to make moral decisions on behalf of their patients....they only technicians after all.
I basically hold the opinion that individuals have the right to die as they wish and when they wish......?
I also don't necessarily go along with the way Drs have gone hell of leather to prolong the life of premature infants ...or the way the IVF program is being hailed as the best thing since sliced bread.
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