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To: malakhi
By what logic do you hold that only those who are 'terminal' can refuse medical treatment?

So now you think it's ok to kill the healthy too?!

Terminal patients come to a point where their bodies do not respond to food and hydration. Their dying bodies cannot deal with it. Ceasing food and hydration at that point is the best way to make the end comfortable.

312 posted on 07/06/2005 10:18:34 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
By what logic do you hold that only those who are 'terminal' can refuse medical treatment?

So now you think it's ok to kill the healthy too?!

Healthy people get medical treatment, too. Healthy people can likewise choose to reject treatment. This has nothing to do either with their being 'terminal', or with the refusal of treatment necessarily resulting in death.

I have a benign heart condition known as "intermittant atrial fibrillation". It is a mild case. After extensive testing, I was prescribed medicine that was supposed to reduce the frequency of episodes of arrhythmia. I found that the medication was ineffective for me, and I didn't like the side effects. So I took myself off the medication, and instead concentrated on identifying what my triggers are, and avoiding them. In other words, I refused continuing medical treatment of my condition. By your standard, I would be required to continue treatment regardless of my wishes on the matter.

334 posted on 07/06/2005 10:46:39 PM PDT by malakhi
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