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Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by ohioriver
You see that is an oversimplification.
Let’s suppose we have a 73 year old man with full blown metastatic cancer and other core morbidities (say dementia and diabetes) he says he wants CPR and the family also say they want CPR.
CPR for a patient like that is not going to be successful because as much as he might want it the best possible outcome is for him to end up on life support which will eventually have to be turned off, we cannot keep a person indefinitely on life support. As such after a couple of weeks his machine will have to be turned off and he will die because the cancer at that point has won and he is now dead.
In that instance CPR is not the appropriate course of action and while the family and patient might not see it that way the more objective medical staff will see it that way.
Essentially medical staff have the right to withhold treatment if they can justify it, which in the case above they most certainly could.
That is the key difference, withholding treatment is not murder, by not giving CPR we are not taking another’s life or doing anything that will kill them. Rather what we are doing is withholding a treatment that is not appropriate.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by smirkley
also what dont you agree with?
Originally posted by zbeliever
reply to post by ohioriver
I know you don't work in health care....because someone does not receive CPR is not murder.....
I am also in Ohio, we don't allow our Doctors to have the final say in the US, but we should. I have seen multiple cases of family members who can let go and a patient who wants to go...We will do everything a POA says to do to keep a body alive....but often nothing is left of that person....its sad, but it is reality.
Originally posted by boymonkey74
reply to post by FlyersFan
Question (BTW I completely agree with you)
What is stopping our governments bringing in laws that would help people who want to be assisted in their passing?
I suspect it is religion but I would like to hear your thoughts.
Originally posted by boymonkey74
Just to point out Nurses are amazing people they deal with stuff I nor many here could not.
Instead of listening to armchair nurses why not listen to the people who do the job eh~?