[sharkhawk]

So is suffocating a person, yet most people say they do not have a problem with removing a respirator.

[mlc9852]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't people on ventilators generally considered brain-dead, that is "legally" dead?

[Mamzelle]

A ventilator is an invasive mechanical device that does your breathing for you. It has to be constantly maintained by technical personnel--or the patient will choke. That's why you can't have one at home...I don't think hospices have them as a general rule, but I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong.

If the patient is conscious, he will have a terrifying sensation of drowning. It is unconfortable, even painful.

They can save lives. The problem is in how tortuously they can prolong life.

There is a huge difference in being fed through a tube and being respirated. That's why the forces of Kill Terri Now keep deliberately confusing them...