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| At least you know I have a school conscious somewhere telling me something in this robot brain lol. |
So now I'm moving on to the actual assignment.
I've decided to discuss the a blog entry from National Review Online about medical professionals having the ability to pull the plug on life-supported patients instead of close friends/relatives having the choice which is called the Futile Care Theory.
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| Look they even have a magazine for their blog! |
This blog is considered a right-wing, and to be honest I had no idea where right-winged people stood on the subject of the Futile Care Theory. My guess was something along the lines of "If they're not contributing to society then pull it!" because a large part of my family is conservative and that seems to be their motto when it comes to any type of welfare.
I was half-expecting the author Wesley J. Smith to have his thesis along the line of "Move it or lose Grandma!" But I was surprised, intrigued, and kind of confused. To paraphrase and summarize Smith's argument is life is the most important thing we have in the world so we must do anything and everything to preserve it even in extreme cases, especially for Grandma.
Because Grandma made us cookies.
I'm kidding about that last part by the way.
He argues that it is wrong for the government to allow "strangers...to overrule a patients directive or decisions by family" to pull the plug on any patient because the decision "is a value judgment that properly belongs with patient/family/surrogate." and by "Allowing doctors/bioethicists to decide that a wanted life is not worth living would turn the fundamental purpose of medicine on its head." because it would essentially give doctor's the power to decide who lives and who dies which cause even more distrust between the American public and the medical field.
Interesting huh?
I see his point through heavy Pathos and his own Ethos, but at the same time I think that there are way too many people in this world, let alone in this country. Don't even get me started on China...This incredibly humble, intelligent, and seemingly kind man is talking to an audience that agrees 110% with him and his tone is the almost the same as my dad's when he read me bedtime stories. Telling his audience that everybody should live is like telling me everyone on this Earth is immortal and it's possible to sustain all that life. I understand his concern and dedication to saving lives...trust me I watch Doctor Who, I want to help people when they fall for a living, and I'm a vegetarian for Pete's sake! But sometimes you just have to let people go. Even Grandma.
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| Grandma had a good long life okay? We can all let go together. |
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