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To: Lane3 who wrote (105590)	3/23/2005 1:24:24 PM
From: jrhana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793719

<I support assisted suicide--> Thank God somebody has a little humanity in them.

To: Lane3 who wrote (105590)	3/23/2005 1:37:21 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793719

Karen, Yes I guess we come from different perspectives. Withdrawing the feeding tube vs DNR. In one case we are discussing hydration and nourishment of someone who has not explicitly chosen to die - and are actively facilitating the death. In the other case we are passively choosing not to intervene in nature. I suspect you view both as passive, but I hope your idea of assisted suicide at least involves the patient making the decision (and perhaps a quicker method). Now if a patient had a living will that explicitly stated to deny themselves palliative or any other care - thats their decision and would make inserting a tube an active and unwelcome intervention. John