Is there a right-to-live?

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I won't be able to respond till tomorrow, so I'll just state my opinion right up front. This is a disgrace to all progressive principles that I ever heard of. This is valuing money more than a man's life, a man that doesn't want to die.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4559923.stm


The 45-year-old, who has a degenerative brain condition, won a landmark ruling last year to stop doctors withdrawing food and drink when he cannot speak.

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Earlier, Philip Sales, for the government, said if the original ruling was upheld, patients would be allowed to demand other treatments, which would have "very serious implications" for the NHS.

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"It may be interpreted as giving patients the right to demand certain treatments, contrary to the considered judgment of their medical team, that would lead to patients obtaining access to treatment that is not appropriate for them, and to inefficient use of resources within the NHS."