[kimmie7]

That's great, I think, Deo! Great for Terri's story, probably not so great for California. I don't know... I'm thinking that if our paper carries this story, there are several large papers not so much in our market that may pick it up. Then perhaps more will se their story and so on.... I'm going to do the CourtTV thing again...also going to make myself a general pest to Rush (yes, this is his kind of thing -- it's UNCONSTITUTIONAL -- and he should be chided for not covering it) and Reeves' place.

[kimmie7]

I found this interesting also:

From Litigation as a Spiritual Practice

p. 69

"Not only did feeding tubes perpetuate a clientele, they greatly reduced the cost of labor. Assisting an inpaired nursing home resident to naturally intake food is very time intensive. Not only may a resident need help to get the spoon to his or her mouth, but the food must be cut or mashed and the resident may often require repeated encouragement to eat. How better to free up an aide's time, and the employer's money, than by commencing tube feeding? All the aide need do is change a bag once or twice a day, expending a few minutes rather than an hour or more in direct resident care."

So, when the patient has "running out of money" as Felos likes to put it, what better way to save even more time and money than to kill them? Especially if it can be done legally! I'm going to slip in to teenager-ese and say, "This guy makes me wanna hurl!"