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Euthanasia 2

       Friday, May 30, 2003

I’m sure there are many like me who are unwilling to see euthanasia legalised, but accept palliative care that may shorten life.

But if a patient has specified no intervention once awareness is irreparably lost, then the hospital has no business running a feeding tube into their stomach after they have declined to that state.

Philip O'Carroll