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Advocacy in Critical Care Medicine for discarding the dead donor rule follows on the heels of the Ethics Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine's advocacy for legalizing "futile care theory," which would permit doctors to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment--including "low tech" treatments such as antibiotics--based on the doctor's perception of the "quality" of the patient's life. "Given finite resources," the Ethics Committee stated in 1997, "institutional providers should define what constitutes inadvisable treatment and determine when such treatment will not be sustained."

Several years ago I read that the organ donations are usually taken from a "living" patient on a ventilator . The article noted that the need for certain organs could cause doctors not to be aggressive in their treatment .The patient would die of medical neglect. So we have the problem who defines death . At the time I asked my daughter to remove the permission off her drivers license .

Right now I believe that is a law in NY State that if a family wants antibiotics or feeding tubes and request them the Hospital can refuse. The state now holds your life in it's hands ..not your family

Removing feeding and hydration brings a painful death , I hope that her husband Michael has an opportunity to experience it himself some day. He is killing her for the blood money. The flames of hell lick at his feet

Several years ago I read that the organ donations are usually taken from a "living" patient on a ventilator . The article noted that the need for certain organs could cause doctors not to be aggressive in their treatment .The patient would die of medical neglect. So we have the problem who defines death . At the time I asked my daughter to remove the permission off her drivers license .

A friend told me something similar about activities in the county hospital. I wasn't sure whether to believe him or not, I have this awful tendency to believe the good in people, but I removed my sticker from my driver's license anyway. I am glad I did.

Removing feeding and hydration brings a painful death , I hope that her husband Michael has an opportunity to experience it himself some day. He is killing her for the blood money. The flames of hell lick at his feet.

This is a pretty hateful thing to say. Please don't hope this on anyone.