Posted on 04/08/2005 5:16:33 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
WorldNetDaily Article: Granddaughter yanks grandma's feeding tube
Many more links coming....
Something is up with this whole hospice thing. They are sending non-terminal patients to hospice to die.
Financial power of attorney
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/gacode/10-6-141.html
Form
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/gacode/10-6-142.html
Appointment of guardians
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/gacode/29-5-6.html
Next of kin (in regard to autopsy here)
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/gacode/45-16-27.html
"It shall be the responsibility of the next of kin to show proof of the familial relationship. For purposes of securing a written release or when access to the photographs is requested by the next of kin, the deceased´s next of kin shall be:
(1) The spouse of the deceased if living;
(2) If there is no living spouse of the deceased, an adult child of the deceased;
(3) If there is no living spouse or adult child, a parent of the deceased;
(4) If there is no living spouse, adult child, or parent, a sibling of the deceased;
(5) If there is no living spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling of the deceased, a grandparent of the deceased;
(6) If none of the above are living, an uncle of the deceased;
(7) If none of the above are living, an aunt of the deceased; or
8) If none of the above are living, a first cousin of the deceased."
Health care power of attorney form
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/gacode/31-36-10.html
WND
"Also upon Gaddy's request and without prior legal authority, since March 28 Hospice-LaGrange has denied Magouirk normal nourishment or fluids via a feeding tube through her nose or fluids via an IV."
[Request for a feeding tube was denied. "Tube yanked" is still a great headline idea, cleared up immediately in the article. It was essentially yanked. So I'm kool with it, at least.]
Next, maybe we can draw upon someone's medical knowledge.
Supercat, we could really benefit from your medical knowledge.
I'm just a layman, so I want to know if I have this about right, and I'm also curious about your thoughts.
A feeding tube through the nose is, as I understand it, a supplimental form of nourishment. Full nourishment normally is sent through a tube through the mouth. She is conscious enough to eat, as I understand it. She would not even qualify for a hospice if she were given a feeding tube through the nose.
What's your take?
' The dehydration is being done in defiance of Magouirk's specific wishes, which she set down in a "living will," '
WND.
I'd read something else about the power of attorney. BRB....
Here's a google search about power of attorney:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_qdr=all&q=+%22Mae+Magouirk%22+%22power+of+attorney%22&btnG=Search
Gag alert on this link. It's a discussion thread dissing us, the Free Republic. The initial writer does explain the skeptical view very well. It does not factor in state-of-the-art medicine, however:
http://lorraine.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/7/235635/1437
And you happen to be the one, whose BS has reach my limit to withstand. WTF is your problem with life being defended?
Situational ethics buggin' ya? Why? Go find a sin-eater, Gondring, and stop purging your guilt upon good souls.
What good does a WILL do if a d***** judge thinks he/she can overrule it? What, if anything, does Hillary-type care have to do with this? Who invests in these "hospices?"
Apparently the granddaughter wants the $$$$ sooner rather than later.
It's not her grandson, it's her nephew. His mom & Mae are sisters.
Increase might be bell curving today, although Saturdays tend to be slow. FReegards....
' Who invests in these "hospices?" '
Insurance companies benefit from them, huh?
"Free Republic does not advocate violence..."
I'll be! It's against FR policy to side with death.
Interesting....
Georgia 'Grandma's' life in hands of 3 cardiologists WND
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1380326/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1380350/posts
A local paper reports on Terri 2.
"...A living will states that nourishment should be withheld only if she were in a coma or vegetative state with no hope of recovery..."
There you go. Looks like this is wrongful at first glance of this article.
I have no problem with life being defended. I have raised funds (volunteer basis) for pro-life groups. I have written letters and newspaper columns that has supported life. And as for the current thread, I support this woman not being killed off against her living will.
But I don't support a blind "life at all costs" stance when it's against a person's rights. I don't support stopping capital punishment. I don't support pacificism.
Now, can you explain why you are so against me asking for facts, not unsupported and unsupportable claims?
>I'll be! It's against FR policy to side with death.
...or the Iraq war, or shooting an intruder, or calling out the military to kidnap citizens, or...
..and grandchild is not on that list, eh?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.