1. If I have a terminal condition I do not want my life to be prolonged, and I do not want life-
sustaining treatment, beyond comfort care, that would serve only to artificially delay the
moment of my death.
**Comfort care is treatment given in an attempt to protect and enhance the
quality of life without artificially prolonging life.
_____ 2. If I am in a terminal condition or an irreversible coma or a persistent vegetative state that my
doctors reasonably feel to be irreversible or incurable, I do want the medical treatment
necessary to provide care that would keep me comfortable, but I DO NOT want the
following:
_____ a. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). For example: the use of drugs, electric
shock and artificial breathing.
_____ b. Artificially administered food and fluids.
_____ c. To be taken to a hospital if at all avoidable.
Wouldn't #1 kind of cover #2? I have no idea if artificial fluid is comforting or not for example. Pretty sure a feeding tube would suck but an IV IDK.
Not sure how to think of this. I don't know anyone who has been in a prolonged situation like this - I mean not in detail. Pretty much, heart attack to dead KWIM?
I did look at some other resources for this but I can't really relate to them.
sustaining treatment, beyond comfort care, that would serve only to artificially delay the
moment of my death.
**Comfort care is treatment given in an attempt to protect and enhance the
quality of life without artificially prolonging life.
_____ 2. If I am in a terminal condition or an irreversible coma or a persistent vegetative state that my
doctors reasonably feel to be irreversible or incurable, I do want the medical treatment
necessary to provide care that would keep me comfortable, but I DO NOT want the
following:
_____ a. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). For example: the use of drugs, electric
shock and artificial breathing.
_____ b. Artificially administered food and fluids.
_____ c. To be taken to a hospital if at all avoidable.
Wouldn't #1 kind of cover #2? I have no idea if artificial fluid is comforting or not for example. Pretty sure a feeding tube would suck but an IV IDK.
Not sure how to think of this. I don't know anyone who has been in a prolonged situation like this - I mean not in detail. Pretty much, heart attack to dead KWIM?
I did look at some other resources for this but I can't really relate to them.
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