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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:42:29 -0500, I_am_Tosk
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http://www.allamericanblogger.com/14...panel-decides-
baby-should-die-canadian-court-agrees/

Yeah, just what we need.

Don't you think insurance companies make the same decisions? If you
don't have pockets as deep a Croesus, the hospital is going to go with
"the payer," whether that be the government or the insurance company.

By your own quotations.... The child was in a "persistent vegetative
state" and "the couple has accepted their baby boy's inevitable
death." It seems the litigation was whether the child should suffer to
death in the home or stay in the hospital with professional care.

A "death panel" seems to be a meaningless concept when all parties
present agree that the child is terminally ill. To me, all of this
extraordinary effort at keeping a persons biological functions intact
seems terrifyingly close to Dr. Frankenstein's fascinations.

I'm not signing on to Kevorkian's principles, but quality of life, I
believe, REALLY means something.......

Professional care is to leave the kid in an incubator and wait until kid
dies. Seems a bit cold and heartless. If the kid goes home with the
parents the parents will do all that is necessary to make the kid
comfortable by giving it love and attention until the kid passes away.

Which environment would you rather die in? My daughter spend 2 months in
a Neo-natal ICU. There is no way I would want a child's last days,
hours, moments on earth spend in that environment.