[andysandmikesmom]

Yes, I believe you are correct...

We actually did have interference from one of my dads docs, his GP...this doc, thought it was wrong for my dad to have so much morphine...he also believed, earlier in my dads disease, when dad was not eating much, that we should medically intervene, and have a feeding tube inserted...dad was opposed to this, and the GP wanted me to overrule my dad, and allow the feeding tube...I did not bow to the GPs pressure, and he was really not happy with us...

But it was not the docs decision, it was dads...

[Mamzelle]

If you got your way, there was advice and discomfort on the doc's part, not interference. These days, nobody wants to look like Kevorkian, who probably did more to hurt the cause of reasoned DNR decisions than anyone. Helping to ease the dying has a long history and tradition, but recent publicity destroyed the discretion and intimacy...