Wrong. The hospital surprised the family be removing his feeding tube again, after the court had ordered them to reconnect it. They did this in blatant violation of the court order, and they misled the family about it.
This is not uncommon. This is the way brain injured patients are treated. Good luck picking twelve random people who would hand down a guilty verdict in such a case. You’d play hell finding twelve random FReepers who could agree that it’s wrong to murder someone with a severe brain injury.
That’s what I thought originally, BykrBayb. I’m not sure. I reread the article and its links again, and GAFreedom may be right.
Either way, it does seem sometimes that hospitals are quick to hurry the demise of brain injured patients. You have to watch them when it comes to the elderly as well.
This is a good reason for people to specify who will be making medical decisions for them if they’re not able to do so.