[8mmMauser]

Just say no to the Puffington Host. Sometimes I imagine the worshippers of the left as green with envy over the pick of Sarah Palin, and that goes for the usual Gang Green as well.

Fascinatingly, though they once again link Sarah to Terri.

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Can a patient say NO? Can a patient say NO to care, even if that care that might save his or her life? Why would someone choose death? Some providers conclude that such a person is depressed or crazy. If the former, give Zoloft. If the latter, then the person is incompetent and decision-making authority can be taken away. A Dartmouth Center Study reports that many elderly patients may not want "everything possible" done for/to them. When they try to place limits on their care, they meet great resistance from the medical providers.

Terri Schiavo or Nataline Sarkisyan both made national headlines while in vegetative states. They were unable to say NO to a feeding tube or a liver transplant respectively. Their families spoke for them and emphatically said yes! Suppose the girls had left living wills stating that they did not want to be sustained on life support. There are numerous cases showing where the State sided with families against the expressed wishes of the patient.

There are medical circumstances where the patient cannot "just say NO."...........

"Just say NO"...but can you?

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[8mmMauser]

Actually, it was unfair of me to accuse the Puffington Host of linking Sarah to Terri, as it was separated in the above article. They don't see it that way, do they? Nawww. It was a natural mistake for me since the article was surrounded by pans of Sarah.

Heh