Pulling the Plug?
It is a really hard decision to make, weather or not to pull the plug on a loved one. It’s hard especially when there are several documented cases on people recovering from comas at a much later time. When is it a good decision to pull the plug?
Posted By Sundrop on October 13, 2007
Letting a loved one go when they can't recover is a mercy.
Posted By DiamondLips on October 13, 2007
I think that maintaining people on life support should be cheaper
Posted By eastwind on October 13, 2007
It depends on the situation
Posted By jhall85 on October 26, 2007
Cutting off someone's life support is giving up on the possibility that ...
Posted By Sundrop on October 13, 2007
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Pulling the plug is taking away one’s right to recovery so that others can live with peace of mind
I think that maintaining people on life support should be cheaper
-- Posted By eastwind on October 13, 2007That way such a decision isn't so pushed.
Cutting off someone's life support is giving up on the possibility that they will come back.
-- Posted By Sundrop on October 13, 2007But we can't always be sure that they WON'T come back. There are many incidences where individuals have come back from a prolonged coma. When was it ok to play God? When we can't afford it (financially AND emotionally)? Hard choice it is to quite.
Pulling the plug is a kindness, who wants the wake up 50 years later anyways?
If there is even the tiniest hope of recovery then i think the decent thing to do is to allow things to play out. you never know what can happen. but there are times when there is no possible chance of recovery. i also had a relative who's brain stem was basically severed and he was in a coma. in a situation like that he would never be able to recover. technology can sustain life at that point so its not playing god. the person was already dead.
Letting a loved one go when they can't recover is a mercy.
-- Posted By DiamondLips on October 13, 2007I have had a loved one in that situation. After a certain time the doctors are positive that a recovery isn't going to happen. Also, with the pain associated on both sides, its the more decent thing to do. .
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