MY WIFE AND i HAVE BEEN IN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR 20 YEARS.
WE BOTH TAKE CARE OF TERMINAL AND CHRONIC PATIENTS. i HAVE SEEN PEOPLE TAKEN OFF RESPIRATORS, DNR'D , AND BE GIVEN HIGH DOSE MORPHINE TO INDUCE DEATH. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE HAVE A GASSTROSTOMY PULLED AND STARVED TO DEATH, AND YET PEOPLE HAVE POSTED THAT THIS IS DONE ALL THE TIME. AM I MISSING SOMETHING? IS THIS COMMON IN SOME STATES OTHER THAN MY OWN?
Not common in TX for sure. Don't know a doctor or hospital that would even consider this. Also even with terminal dying person, always have IV fluids continually until death. Do these hospice places not have ethics committees? Also are they accredited by the states, anyone know?
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE HAVE A GASSTROSTOMY PULLED AND STARVED TO DEATH,
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I am sure that the tube was removed for two reasons -
1) To prohibit any "illegal" administration of liquid, and
2) so that the uninformed will believe that she was only alive because she was connected to something. Hence, the expression "pulling the plug."
Any terminal patient would not undergo an unnecessary procedure to remove the tube. It would just be clamped and removed as part of the post mortem procedures.