[MarMema]

And after the PVS patients, and those with severe disabilities, the line will be extended to include those with depression.

Some years after Nancy Cruzan was killed by her family with dehydration, her father committed suicide.

"Minneapolis neurologist Ronald Cranford, a family friend and regular expert witness in favor of removing food and fluids in cases like Nancy's, said Joe had been chronically depressed for some time. According to Cranford, Joe was "an ordinary man with extraordinary abilities." "But he ran out of energy after [Nancy] died," Cranford said. Commenting on Joe's death by hanging, Cranford added that, in his opinion, Joe's was "a rational suicide" since "he was never going to get better." [American Medical News, 9/2/96:8]

[NautiNurse]

Very interesting site. Thanks for the link.