Agreed.� Assisting feels altogether different.� But what about withdrawing the feed if it was started when the person was not able to consent or refuse it?� Or if they have an advance directive or living will directing the team to withdraw such support at a certain point?� Is 'assisted' the same thing if it is withdrawal, rather than an additional intervention to bring about hastened death?
Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Karen - I am not at all comfortable with assisted euthanasia.� My guess is > that more OTs than MDs are politically toward the left, and if you controlled > for that variable, MDS and OTs would fallcloser together.� I myself am an OT > who is an evangelical christian and political conservative.� I do believe in > the sanctity of life, but of course there are questions as to how to best > observe that.� I am certainly OK with no-code orders with deciding not to > start a feeding tube. I have not fully studied and thought through these > issues, but I am not comfortable with any kind of active euthanasia. -- Jody > Van Ness OTR/L > > *********��*********** > > Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist > > ** List messages are archived at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > *********��***********
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