On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:04 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:01:20 -0500, HKrause
wrote:

It was her wish to die.

Not legally. There is no final legally binding document indicating
that was her wish. In fact, even if there was, she could have, at any
point, said to somebody that she wished for extraordinary measures and
you would have the same situation you have now.

The flip side is that if she could speak, she could insist that she be given
NO care whatsoever after a certain point. No food, no medicine, no water, no
nothing. By law, nobody can override that request from the patient. Period.
It should have at least been in writing, and she should've had a long
discussion with her doctor, the lawyer who handled her will, and one or two
trusted "others".


You'e right. She *could have*...

As she didn't, the courts must make a determination. She is getting her shot at
due process.

--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."