Yes, we will, as the huge baby boom generation moves into their senior years.
however, the difference is with living wills and medical directives, and if nothing else this case is going to do wonders for lawyers, I know everyone in my family is talking about time to get this stuff in order, there will be nothing to litigate except in cases of dispute or those odd circumstances that may not be covered by living wills and directives
Does anyone know, is Terri Schiavo getting morphine as she is being starved to death?
Yes, we will, as the huge baby boom generation moves into their senior years.
Or, since I have not seen it mentioned elsewhere on these threads, when some National Health programs refuse to dialyze patients over Age 65. Is there a moral distinction? Is it OK to allow these people to die simply because they DO have brain function left, but not enough to do something about these scandalous National Health programs in some countries?
As much as many of us may utterly despise them, only the fact that a patient _might_ have a lawyer seems to protect patients from being summarily euthanized in some circumstances.
My wife was hospitalized and seriously ill. No one there seemed to attach any significance to anything she said, or care very much about anything.
A very large floral arrangement, with a prominently displayed card that read,
Your friends at the Law Offices of Weasle, Weasle, Goniff,& Raptor"*
* It was a real law firm-Friends of ours. Name changed for obvious reasons.