yes. Not sure what the dictionary definition is but I mean causing death by whatever means. Of course now that I look at it again, you would only do this if you believe it to be in the best interest of the patient, so of course there would be an argument for doing so. However, I don't think this argument should apply when a patient specifically says that he wishes to be kept alive by any means necessary. In other words, the patients opinion as to his own best interests should trump his physician's, even if he turns out to be wrong.
Dana On 5/22/05, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dana wrote: > > I'd agree with you with respect to particular doctors -- though I > > find it hard to imagine why a doctor would object to *not* > > euthanizing a patient -- > > That depends on your definition of euthanasia. Is withholding live prologing > treatment euthanasia or not? > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:158624 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
