The medical profession is not to diminish the condition of their client and thus the medical profession cannot make such decision. Several years ago I remember someone fighting a long court battle to end their life. Dr. Death is in jail for assisting people who wanted to die.
What event, if any, opened wide the door to spouses/families having life and death control with nothing in writing or the written wishes not exposed. This is what the law should be not some new law about adultery.
I do believe they will be killing us off for our organs. After-all, it is the medical profession, organ donation, and emergency situations that automatically gets you hooked up to the lifesaving equipment that "they" later decide they want you to make the decision to unhook.
I have asked myself many times if all the life-sustaining/support equipment is really necessary and I conclude that there must be many instances it is done solely to allow time to pose the question, while keeping the organs fresh for someone else. I believe it unfairly forces your family into a position of correcting the inappropriate use of the life-support equipment. I believe organ donations has a place in this puzzle of degradation. I would like someone to give me another marker and try to convince me I am wrong.
Your comments re maintaining life support for the purpose of organ donation decisions is spot-on. I believe many donations are well-meaning and helpful in some cases, but certainly not all.
Poorer quality organs are given to patients who are not truly good candidates. I have personal/family experience in this matter. These organ recipients end up costing so much, and fail...
My brother spent 2 years on a possible list, much to my amazment. I loved him dearly, but he should never have been on any list.
Is this 'practice making the procedure perfect' for mucho taxpayer $$$?