On 14 Jan 2003 at 22:20, Steve Sloan II wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > True. Frex, would I advocate killing (lethal injection, > > say) a comatose stroke victim who best medical judgement > > and experience calls "essentially terminal?" No. Would I > > advise withholding nutrition and drugs, except what seemed > > needful for comfort? Yes. If on a ventilator, is stopping > > mechanical breathing ethical from a medical POV? Yes. > > Is starving that patient any more ethical than administering > a comparatively quick and painless lethal injection? I > honestly don't know, but the idea of slowly starving that > patient -- even with drugs to prevent him from feeling the > pain of starvation -- makes me feel pretty squeamish.
I don't see how it can be called ethical, no. Let's say that my differences with "conventional" medical "ethics" are a LARGE part of the reason why I gave up being a genetics student. (and yes, I *DO* feel I wasted over two years of my life studying it. There we go..) Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
