[Cboldt]

maine-iac7: doctor's have said the opposite - that 9 out of 10 who previously had a living will - when actually in that situation - change their minds.

Peach: I'll wait while you provide a link. That is contrary to everything I've heard and read.

The page that the "9 of 10 decide not to do the assisted suicide thing" has some other studies that might be interesting to readers.

http://www.cancerpage.com/news/about.asp?id=7 <-- Lots of studies
Will to live fluctuates among dying patients. <--

[spectre]

" of the study, the patients were asked twice a day to mark a scale indicating their will to live, as well as experiences such as depression, anxiety, sense of well-being, difficulty breathing, and pain."

But how do we know what people in a PVS think? That's the issue.

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