I am just interested in when people's lives are not worth living according to you all.
Dana On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:25:22 -0800, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ok so am I hearing that we do nothing until we hear from next of kin? > > No, I am saying it would be in the best interest of the hospital to > find out who a person is that can speak for this patient. > > She is conscious, meaning, eyes open and breathing on her own, right? > And I see in a later post, you are saying she is "conscious but > appears confused." Does this mean she can speak? Is it logical to > assume that she might be able to speak for herself in a moment of > clarity? > > If there is a DNR on her chart, it is logical to assume that the place > where she came from, the nursing home, will have more information such > as whom to contact in case of emergency, no? > > By the answering of "No" to the questions I posed earlier, you seem to > be indicating that she is not in need of resuscitation at this point > and I say, the hospital in its own interest, needs to identify someone > that is more closely related to the patient than the wife of her > lawyer. > > Are you trying to draw a parallel to Schaivo here? What? > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:151678 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
