My mother is 91 and woe to anybody medical professional refusing her treatment.
From the article:
"I believe that stories such as Christopher’s are symptoms of a disintegrating value system in health care, which defines the sickest and most disabled among us as having lives not worth living, which views expensive medical treatments for such people as a waste of valuable resources, and which accepts their demise as a legitimate solution to the difficulties caused by their serious illnesses and disabilities. "
I respectfully disagree - I think most doctors are so deathly afraid (no pun intended) of malpractice lawsuits they'll try to avoid a situation like this where they might end up getting sued.
IMO, it always comes down to lawyers.
Did the same thing to my great grandmother in the UK, she was 105+ (108 IIRC)years old
Now I know why I feel like I live in a different country from the one I was born in and grew up in. I do.
I don't know that I blame this totally on "bioethics" as much as the people who are driving out the "good" medical people with low reimbursement rates, too many regulations/paperwork, and the threat of lawsuits. No wonder the decent people are leaving medicine in droves! You get what you pay for!
Ninety-Two is a ripe old age.