Anyone notice that when Bush was governor of Texas he signed into law a bill allowing hospitals to remove feeding tubes against the wishes of the legal guardian. Texas hospitals were doing it last week to patients whose medicare or medicaid benefits had ended.
http://tinyurl.com/4eglg Does anyone other than me detect more than a bit of hypocrisy here? larry On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:10:47 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > No, it explicitly says I do not want my mother, my father or my sister > > making any such decisions for me. But my point is that you cannot > > superimpose your idea of family on this one. > > > > Under the conditions you're advocating none of this would matter > because the medical condition is one of the open questions. So while > you may have specified who your guardian is, you've probably not > listed the infinite amount of circumstances that could befall you and > what you'd like in each of those circumstances. > > That means anyone, including me, could legally challenge your > guardian's judgement, motives, or intentions just as you're > questioning Mr. Schiavo's. The good news is, maybe you'll be famous! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151489 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
