Please let Terri rest in peace. Today Pope John Paul II dyed. He is where Terri is in Paradise. Its funny that the Pope and Terri just died two days apart. Now we must pray for their families. Wheelchair Warrior
Jim Lubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 08:16 AM 4/2/2005, QuadPirate wrote:
This law states that if you don't have the money they can disconnect you that's the part I don't like.
How can anyone agree with that.
Mark
If the law actually said that I would agree with you, but it doesn't.
Did you actually read it? Show me the section that states that.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/HS/content/htm/hs.002.00.000166.00.htm§ 166.052. STATEMENTS EXPLAINING PATIENT'S RIGHT TO TRANSFER. (a) In cases in which the attending physician refuses to honor an advance directive or treatment decision requesting the provision of life-sustaining treatment, the statement required by Section 166.046(b)(2)(A) shall be in substantially the following form:
When There Is A Disagreemen! t About Medical Treatment: The
Physician Recommends Against Life-Sustaining Treatment
That You Wish To ContinueYou have been given this information because you have requested life-sustaining treatment,* which the attending physician believes is not appropriate. This information is being provided to help you understand state law, your rights, and the resources available to you in such circumstances. It outlines the process for resolving disagreements about treatment among patients, families, and physicians. It is based upon Section 166.046 of the Texas Advance Directives Act, codified in Chapter 166 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. When an attending physician refuses to comply with an advance directive or other request for life-sustaining treatment because of the physician's judgment that the treatment would be inappropriate, the c! ase will be reviewed by an ethics or medical committee. Life-sustaining treatment will be provided through the review. You will receive notification of this review at least 48 hours before a meeting of the committee related to your case. You are entitled to attend the meeting. With your agreement, the meeting may be held sooner than 48 hours, if possible. You are entitled to receive a written explanation of the decision reached during the review process. If after this review process both the attending physician and the ethics or medical committee conclude that life-sustaining treatment is inappropriate and yet you continue to request such treatment, then the following procedure will occur: 1. The physici! an, with the help of the health care facility, will assist you in trying to find a physician and facility willing to provide the requested treatment. 2. You are being given a list of health care providers and referral groups that have volunteered their readiness to consider accepting transfer, or to assist in locating a provider willing to accept transfer, maintained by the Texas Health Care Information Council. You may wish to contact providers or referral groups on the list or others of your choice to get help in arranging a transfer. 3. The patient will continue to be given life-sustaining treatment until he or she can be transferred to a willing provider for up to 10 days from the time you were given the committee's written decision that life-sustaining treatment is not appropriate. 4. If a transfer can be arranged, the patient will be responsible for the costs of the transfer. 5. If a provider cannot be found willing to give the requested treatment within 10 days, life-sustaining treatment may be withdrawn unless a court of law has granted an extension. 6. You may ask the appropriate district or county court to extend the 10-day period if the court finds that there is a reasonable expectation that a physician or health care facility willing to provide life-sustaining treatment will be found if the extension is granted.
*"Life-sustaining treatment" means treatment that, based on reasonable medical judgment, sustains the life of a patient and without which the patient will die. The term includes both life-sustaining medicatio! ns and artificial life support, such as mechanical breathing machines, kidney dialysis treatment, and artificial nutrition and hydration. The term does not include the administration of pain management medication or the performance of a medical procedure considered to be necessary to provide comfort care, or any other medical care provided to alleviate a patient's pain.
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