To: Scoop 1
" Drawing up a living will is both unnecessary and dangerous, Pavone said in his statement. We cannot make treatment decisions today for circumstances of tomorrow that we cannot predict. Whether a medical treatment is morally required depends on those circumstances and therefore cannot be determined in advance. It is always morally required, moreover, to provide food and water to a patient, because food and water, even when provided artificially, do not constitute medical treatment but rather humane care. We are not morally permitted to request starvation and dehydration. "Agreed. Living Wills are partly what got us into this mess to begin with.
There isn't a thing about this case that doesn't make me sick. God Bless and prayers for the Schindlers.
650 posted on
04/08/2005 9:28:24 PM PDT by
TAdams8591
(Evil succeeds when good men don't do enough!!!!!!)
To: All
Add to my previous post of a face and a name to remember:
BISHOP ROBERT LYNCH, DIOCESE OF ST. PETERSBURG, FL
651 posted on
04/08/2005 9:30:57 PM PDT by
STARWISE
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