It is not clear why we are having this discussion. If decisions about what families do with their loved ones is up to the family, what importance is it the political orientation of OT?
-----Original Message----- From: Joanna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Meaningful activity and meaningful life 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] *********��*********** *********��*********** 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] *********��***********
