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Cruzan's parents believe the decision to end her life, painful as it is, should rest with them, based on their intimate knowledge of Nancy's personality, views and preferences. "My daughter would say, 'Help, get me out of this,' " insists Joe Cruzan. The Cruzans' lawyers argue that the guarantee...
Right-to-die questions generate powerful sparks of moral friction. They clash against two basic values, says Daniel Callahan, director of the Hastings Center, an ethics think tank. "One is the sanctity of life, with its religious roots; the other is the technological imperative to do everything possible to save...
Cases that involve the withdrawal of a feeding tube, as opposed to a respirator or heavy mechanical support, pose particular problems. The American Medical Association and many ethicists believe even artificial nutrition and hydration is a medical treatment that may be withdrawn from terminally ill or irreversibly comatose patients. But...
The issues in the Cruzan case are ultimately both profound and perplexing. "If only the ambulance had arrived five minutes earlier," muses Joe Cruzan, "or five minutes later." But even as he muses, and as the Supreme Court ponders, other ambulances are reaching other patients at that same fateful juncture...
Alas, Powdermilk Bagels, the brand that gives shy New Yorkers the strength to jump over subway turnstiles, was not among the sponsors. Garrison Keillor, the wandering Minnesota minstrel whose Prairie Home Companion variety show on public radio told tales of gentle eccentricity in a hard-to-find Midwestern hamlet called...