[Ouderkirk]

I feel bad for the family.

But dead is dead. I don’t think artificially keeping her alive because you don’t want your daughter to be dead is solid reasoning.

You got her past Christmas and I’m glad for you. But it’s time to accept the fact that your daughter is no longer among the living.

[ladyjane]

But dead is dead

That is so not true. Her heart is beating. She is not dead.

The concept of 'brain dead' is a new concept. It was developed to help families cope with the sorrow of organ donation. Families were able to give permission to donate organs if they were told the loved one was dead.

[The Antiyuppie]

I agree with your sentiments entirely. Keeping a body “alive” like this is just ghoulish. This is a very different situation than a person in a coma, for example.