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To: wagglebee

“Precisely, she determined that she would play god.”

And so what do you think of the person who decides to quit treatemnt knowing they could have lived a couple months longer — but still weould have died? Is that playing God? What about the doctor who gives that extra pain medication knowing that it might (or might not) be enough to kill?


216 posted on 10/01/2007 10:33:07 AM PDT by gracesdad
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To: gracesdad
And so what do you think of the person who decides to quit treatemnt knowing they could have lived a couple months longer — but still weould have died?

I have no issue with someone making the decision to suspend medical care. This is quite different than actively taking steps to end one's life.

What about the doctor who gives that extra pain medication knowing that it might (or might not) be enough to kill?

Again, it goes to the doctor's intent.

218 posted on 10/01/2007 10:55:41 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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