Hi Kevin, I am also a born again Christian and I do not believe in assisted euthanasia. I do think that if someone has been deemed brain dead then it should be up to the family if they want to remove the life support or not. I think this is not even considered euthanasia because you are not giving the person a medicine to make them die, just taking away the supportive care.
On a side note, I would be interested to know if others on the list agree that OT's fall on the liberal side of politics. Joanna =) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Reel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 11:10 AM Subject: Re: Meaningful activity and meaningful life > 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] > > > > *********��*********** > *********��*********** 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] *********��***********
