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I think that hospital just agreed to cover all costs to keep him alive.
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In reality it would depend on what one thinks is being alive.
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There's another factor. A physician cannot "pull the plug" just because the family wants it to be so. Severe brain damage isn't brain death. If the physician acquiesced to the family's request and ended life support he could be sued and have his medical license suspended or revoked.
In cases of brain death the parameters are more clear but even then there can be unwanted repercussions, depending upon how litigious the family members want to be.
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The cost of being in a hyper-litigious society
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Send in Dr Kevorkian
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Exactly why I have a living will and an advance directive.
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Send in Dr Kevorkian
He was cremated years ago
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He have a protege? Send him/her in.
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There is always the reaper
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Don't fear the reaper
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Having a living will, advance directive and a healthcare POA are good items to have but even with them you might have problems with the hospital. Like many things in life you are smart to just follow the money. There are reasons why the largest share of Medicare costs are incurred in the last days of life.
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I thought this was going to be about the song by Testament.
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"Dr. Margarita Camacho, the surgeon who had performed the transplant ... told them that it was too early for a DNR"
Gotta avoid that idiot. DNR, actually an Advance Directive, which can vary from state to state, is filled out BEFORE such an operation.
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My advance directive gives my wife the decision of whether
Or not To keep me around.
I guess it’s only fitting since I have spent at least 15 years on
This site.
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Some blog posts on the site would lead one to believe that a DNR had already been activated and the blogger had lost both consciousness and bowel control.
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D.N.R.
Dirty Nasty Rough: No better way to die.
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