But it's still the patient or the patient's POA to decide................."
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I hear you. This is what I was referring to:
More: They want nursing home or hospital personnel to starve such patients to death even if they willingly eat and drink! From a commentary in the Journal of Clinical Ethics by Thaddeus Mason Pope, about the Margot Bentley case:
Mrs. Bentley may have the capacity to communicate a choice. But this is just one component of capacity.
She does not understand the relevant information, does not appreciate the situation and its consequences, and cannot reason about treatment or care options If the test for capacity is really this low, then current consent will often trump even the clearest prior instructions.
I should have supplied this quote to my original post.
They are calling for the death of people who can still eat and drink on their own. That is simply inhuman