Assisted Suicide

[Cataholic]

Some how I do have trouble beleiving you are a lawyer Johanna.

Believe it, woman, believe it. I have the student loan debt to prove it.

[Lady's Human]

A relative bribing a doctor would be corrupt. A doctor accepting the bribe would be corrupt.The relative could not accomplish the act without the doctor. Therefore, while the relative is the instigator, the doctor would be the actor. Both would be on trial for murder and conspiracy charges. The doctor performing the "assisted suicide" would in this case be committing a severe abuse of his/her position. It matters not who is more corrupt, but without a corrupt doctor it doesn't happen.


BTW, the Madison I was referring to wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

[Cataholic]

A relative bribing a doctor would be corrupt. A doctor accepting the bribe would be corrupt.The relative could not accomplish the act without the doctor. Therefore, while the relative is the instigator, the doctor would be the actor. Both would be on trial for murder and conspiracy charges. The doctor performing the "assisted suicide" would in this case be committing a severe abuse of his/her position. It matters not who is more corrupt, but without a corrupt doctor it doesn't happen.

Yikes. What 'matters' is that you are rendering a legal opinion without license!

[Lady's Human]

Cataholic, it's not a legal opinion, no one is paying me for advice, therefore no laws are being broken. It's an opinion.


Unlike what happens in too many courtrooms, it's also common sense.

[Cataholic]

Back off, folks....he is going POSTAL!

[smokey the elder]

Do we need a referee?

[RICHARD]

First of all

It's not suicide if it's assisted. It's euthanasia.

I figured I'd split some hairs here...and why bring lawyers into it at this point?

It's the post-mortem stuff that they would be more interested in.

Depending on how the hospital is set up and who runs it, most of the money goes to the facility-not the doctor.

You have staffing, tests, bed space to pay for.

If it is a small for-profit hospital you can bet that the docs will keep a patient in for the ducats to keep the place running. I work for an HMO so the money don't go to the docs....of course, they do not want to keep people in to generate money....

Then there is a mysterious thing called a DRG, Diagnosis Related Group.

It gives the doc and facility a 'schedule' as to what the government will reimburse the docs/facilities for how long a patient can be kept in a hospital. After that schedule is up, TOUGH BED PANS, the facility will have to eat that expense..

Then you have a family either driven by greed, sorrow or the inability or unwillingness to accept a loved one in a long term care situation.

Also you have to take into consideration that a physician can (and will be)
sued and possibly lose their license for letting that happen on their watch.

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You can have a DNR (Do not resuscitate) order put in your chart-

It tells the physician that no one is to attempt to revive you in the case you are in the situation where you will expire....

While it's not a euthanasia-type order, it's pretty close and I have seen hundreds of them in my job.

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They only reason that this issue has become at the top of the newpage is the Schiavo case.

That was a total CF because there was no discussion or notation of what her desires were.

If you do not desire to be kept alive should you fall into a coma, suffer a injury/disease that prevents you from making that decision on your own, do not trust a conversation, held late one night with a loved one, to bind someone to keep your wish....


Not trying to tilt the thread one way or the other.....Merely spending two cents.

[lizbud]

Oregon's law is called Death With Dignity Act and it has many
requirements. The Drs don't even have to touch the person, only
provide the prescription for the drugs used. Here's a bunch of Q & A's
about the law.

http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/faqs.shtml

[Lady's Human]

Liz, with appropriate safeguards I'm fine with it. Just some publicized incidents out of holland give me pause.