Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Dehydrate dementia patients to death to save money

Dehydrate dementia patients to death to save money: British Medical Journal editorial | LifeSiteNews.com: Raanan Gillon, emeritus professor of medical ethics and former chairman of the Institute of Medical Ethics governing body, wrote that a ruling last year by the High Court against dehydrating an incapacitated patient to death was “profoundly disturbing” because it took the life and death decision-making power out of the hands of doctors and required that the principle of the “sanctity of life” take precedence over other considerations.

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