In all of those cases as far as I know there is agreement as to who speaks for the patient an/or what the patient would want.
Dana On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:22:32 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > Once the judge ruled, he did have that right, legally speaking, yes so > > it would seem. Case law is what judges have ruled. I am not sure what > > *would* be a better policy, but her own representative would have gone > > a long way towards making me feel better about the process. > > > > Approximately 4000 times a day in America life support is ended by > medical persons at the request of the family. Are you saying that in > each of those cases the government should be involved? > > If not, how are those cases materially different than this one. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Stay Ahead of Hackers - Download ZoneAlarm Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=65 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151668 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