{UAH} British Medical Association Wants to Allow Doctors to Starve Mentally Disabled Patients to Death

Kim Jags Odong,/ Ikanos

Remember this debate we had about the right to life and who determines when it should end for the terminally ill and the bitter debate between the pro-life, christian  evangelicals, and the pro-choice, pro- euthanasia, mob ranged against them, who  want medical science to make these heart-breaking decisions. Remember the UK State decided in the land mark decision that it would no longer make these decisions previously exercised by the High Courts- it threw the ball back into the court of the relatives and the doctors...I dont think there is any answer, and perhaps people should be encouraged to make their wills, well in advance when they are still capable of doing so, leaving instructions  on how they want to die. I certainly have already made my will leaving clear instructions- the immediate problem that I can see is what if the will is disobeyed by the relatives or executioners, for eg by refusing to switch off the life support even when I have clearly indicated I dont want to suffer, and my life support should be switched off if at least two qualified pathologists certify that I am in a terminal stage and unlikely to recover. The dead don't make any decisions. and our people are not in the habit of respecting dead people's wishes.

Bobby

"Is it justifiable to withdraw food and fluids from patients with dementia, stroke and brain injury who are not imminently dying?

New 'confidential' draft guidance from the British Medical Association (BMA) – the doctors' trade union – says 'yes' provided that a doctor believes it is in the patient's 'best interests'.

The 77-page 'confidential' document, which is currently out for 'consultation' (although only to a few selected individuals), has been prepared by the BMA in conjunction with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the doctors' regulatory authority, the General Medical Council (GMC)."

LIFENEWS.COM

British Medical Association Wants to Allow Doctors to Starve Mentally Disabled Patients to Death

This story was broken on 14 August 2018 by the Daily Mail. Is it justifiable to withdraw food and fluids from patients with dementia, stroke and brain injury

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