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The other two patients are not named. One is a new grandmother, whose family decides to take her off all machines. The other patient is a man who can still communicate but needs to be attached to a life support machine. He expresses his desire not to be kept on the machine and accepts his fate, though his son does not agree with his decision.
She was placed on life support against her family's wishes. Her parents and partner supported turning off the life support machines. Her two young children did not recognise her when they visited her, and were upset at her appearance. On 15 December 2014, her father applied to the High Court for life support to be turned off.
The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-398-2. Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death by Mark Fuhrman (2005), ISBN 0-06-085337-9; Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means for All of Us by David C. Gibbs III (2006), ISBN 0-7642-0243-X
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Life support comprises the treatments and techniques performed in an emergency in order to support life after the failure of one or more vital organs. Healthcare providers and emergency medical technicians are generally certified to perform basic and advanced life support procedures; however, basic life support is sometimes provided at the scene of an emergency by family members or bystanders ...
“Legally Ms. Price is covered in terms of turning off Gary's life support. But not morally,” Gray told the cameras before referring to Price’s behavior with the hospital photo as “depraved ...
The first case involved "passive euthanasia" (消極的安楽死, shōkyokuteki anrakushi) (i.e., allowing a patient to die by turning off life support) and the latter case involved "active euthanasia" (積極的安楽死, sekkyokuteki anrakushi) (e.g., through injection). The judgments in these cases set forth a legal framework and a set of ...
A new law has been proposed to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the details of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.