[tutstar]

Tuesday's action at the annual meeting of the nation's largest doctors group also reaffirms existing AMA policy that says it is ethical in some cases to discontinue life-sustaining treatment if it is in the patient's best interests.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[bvw]

The patient doesn't get a say in that. It is just a general warrant for killing.

[blueriver]

Tuesday's action at the annual meeting of the nation's largest doctors group also reaffirms existing AMA policy that says it is ethical in some cases to discontinue life-sustaining treatment if it is in the patient's best interests.

Why can't they at least be honest about it. A person does not have a best interest when they are dead. A more honest reading would be,

.. it is ethical in some cases to discontinue life-sustaining treatment if it is in the care taker's best interests.

[Sun]

"Tuesday's action at the annual meeting of the nation's largest doctors group also reaffirms existing AMA policy that says it is ethical in some cases to discontinue life-sustaining treatment if it is in the patient's best interests."

No surprise. The AMA is also pro-abortion.

[MarMema]

if it is in the patient's best interests.

But decided by the physician. Or the bioethics committee.