Will you be Starved and Dehydrated to Death?
Will you be Starved and Dehydrated to Death?
From Human Life Alliance
Terri Schiavo was deliberately starved and dehydrated to death in a Florida hospice after a protracted court battle was waged to determine her fate. The assumption is that having an advance directive will assure that a person's wishes will be respected. This is not necessarily so. (continue reading ...)
Most States Don't Require Doctors to Honor Advanced Directives That Direct Food, Fluids, Treatment
From National Right to Life Committee
The laws of all but ten states may allow doctors and hospitals to disregard advance directives when they call for treatment, food, or fluids, according to a report issued by the NRLC Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics April 15, 2005. (read full report ...)
Related: Advance Directives
Protective Medical Decisions Document (Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide)
The Will to Live (National Right to Life)