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  • Suing for the Right to Live

    03/13/2004 12:53:54 PM PST · by neverdem · 40 replies · 619+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | 03/11/2004 | Wesley J. Smith
    Two cases of European doctors refusing to treat their patients are cause for concern: Futile Care Theory may be coming to America. A LITTLE NOTICED LITIGATION in the United Kingdom could be a harbinger of medical woes to come here in the United States. Leslie Burke, age 44, is suing for the right to stay alive. Yes, you read right: Burke, who has a terminal neurological disease, is deathly afraid that doctors will refuse to provide him wanted food and water when his condition deteriorates to the point that has to receive nourishment through a feeding tube. Burke' fears are,...