Families decide every day to kill their brain injured relatives. No one, not even family, should be deciding to kill an innocent person.
Families decide every day to kill their brain injured relatives. No one, not even family, should be deciding to kill an innocent person.
I respectfully disagree. Sometimes, it is entirely appropriate that a family makes the hard choice.
Personally, I don't think it's fair for someone to ask their family to make that choice, so I have a living will with very clear instructions for such a possibility. That way the decision isn't theirs, but mine, and I hope if it comes to pass that makes a difference to them, relieving them of any feelings of guilt.
But if I hadn't a living will, I'd trust my wife to make the right choice for me.