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loyalsister

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16. And is that a decision made by the patient
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:25 PM
Oct 2014

Either at the time or in advance via advanced directives?

If it is true that her daughter was "screaming in agony" phylny Oct 2014 #1
I think taking the link and reading the original story Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #4
+1 Electric Monk Oct 2014 #9
+++++ uppityperson Oct 2014 #29
Well said. Aerows Oct 2014 #66
I agree marym625 Oct 2014 #5
"loved her child so much that she didn't want to see her suffer unnecessarily" loyalsister Oct 2014 #8
I understand, but I don't fault this parent because others are phylny Oct 2014 #11
Our experiences with such things define our opinions loyalsister Oct 2014 #14
I knew a young woman who was murdered by her sister who had terminal cancer because there would jwirr Oct 2014 #40
Care to elaborate? Beaverhausen Oct 2014 #44
The younger sister was developmentally disable and had lived with her older sister most of her life. jwirr Oct 2014 #48
I have a handicapped daughter 42 years old demigoddess Oct 2014 #52
I'm so sorry you, and your daughter, are going through all this. Boudica the Lyoness Oct 2014 #61
I'm just telling so people demigoddess Oct 2014 #64
You keep throwing the word "murder" around. LordGlenconner Oct 2014 #56
You are pretty judgemental- this isn't about just some disabilty Marrah_G Oct 2014 #58
This was in London and they murdered her by withholding food and water. JimDandy Oct 2014 #2
I wonder if it was more agonizing than the pain she was phylny Oct 2014 #6
This is my concern. Control-Z Oct 2014 #7
In hospice it is common to stop tube feedings and it is considered ethical. mucifer Oct 2014 #13
And is that a decision made by the patient loyalsister Oct 2014 #16
When the patient is a minor, it may be that the parents have the power to make such decisions. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #17
And hospice is different from this situation as well loyalsister Oct 2014 #20
He was placed in a nursing home. Control-Z Oct 2014 #26
I have also seen that - a living will is a good thing to have. Something everyone regardless of age jwirr Oct 2014 #41
The baby might have suffered less when feedings were withdrawn mucifer Oct 2014 #15
Not a baby. DeadLetterOffice Oct 2014 #24
It is not, in fact, an agonizing way to die. DeadLetterOffice Oct 2014 #23
By what means was she euthanized? Withdrawal of food? Just read the post above me. I hate reading jwirr Oct 2014 #3
Euthanasia might not have been the correct word loyalsister Oct 2014 #10
Yes, so do I. And a very dangerous precident because this parent seems to really have loved her jwirr Oct 2014 #39
I'm taking the mum's side on this. Twelve years of agony, it can't have been easy. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #12
I am horrified by this decision. AtomicKitten Oct 2014 #18
I think using this family's suffering to make a point is appalling. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #19
Have you heard people suggest that making reproductive decisions for someone else should be policy? loyalsister Oct 2014 #21
Have you heard of the slippery slope fallacy? LeftyMom Oct 2014 #25
Really? loyalsister Oct 2014 #28
Thanks for making my point. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #30
You really see no relationship between loyalsister Oct 2014 #35
It's not a slippery slope fallacy bananas Oct 2014 #31
I actually support that decision for personal reasons. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #32
Well you're certainly a good writer but I hear you regarding family. Come from the same lot. mackerel Oct 2014 #34
You may be correct about your own personal circumstances and no one can judge you on that but I jwirr Oct 2014 #43
I am so sorry you feel that way about yourself. smirkymonkey Oct 2014 #69
God, I assume you are talking about the eugenics movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s jwirr Oct 2014 #42
It was an ugly time loyalsister Oct 2014 #47
More detail here (even an interview with the mother that may play for you) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #22
I have not doubted the mothers dedication. And this does make it more undertandable. jwirr Oct 2014 #45
No one who has never been faced with a decision like this SheilaT Oct 2014 #27
+1 gollygee Oct 2014 #36
I have. My daughter is very much like the child in the article and I have faced death situations jwirr Oct 2014 #46
There's no comparison between kidney pain and endometriosis REP Oct 2014 #50
Endometriosis was just the tip of the iceberg with my daughter. It was used as one of the examples jwirr Oct 2014 #54
What would be best? Conserve the child? Make the child a ward of the court? mackerel Oct 2014 #33
I don't know what would have been best loyalsister Oct 2014 #37
I get what you're saying to a point. I don't think it is a bias mackerel Oct 2014 #38
Have you ever heard someone say they would rather die than live in pain? loyalsister Oct 2014 #49
I think it's very important to make a distinction between personal belief or preference nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #53
In answer to your question; yes. Boudica the Lyoness Oct 2014 #63
You have really hit a nerve Marrah_G Oct 2014 #62
I respect the different opinions about this. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #51
I think we are only getting part of the information regarding this ruling. hedgehog Oct 2014 #55
Have you ever watched a child suffer in pain with zero quality of life? Marrah_G Oct 2014 #57
And another thing, she didn't "murder" her child Marrah_G Oct 2014 #59
Headline should read "Disabled girl loses right to continue living" KamaAina Oct 2014 #60
You equate an interview to "all about the mother," who certainly did NOT act out of "stigmas and WinkyDink Oct 2014 #65
ASAN Statement On The Killing Of Nancy Fitzmaurice KamaAina Oct 2014 #67
Thanks! loyalsister Oct 2014 #68
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