Word: quinlans
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...Karen Ann Quinlan had been admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital, the judge who ruled this week that she could not be taken off an artificial respirator never would have gotten to make his decision...
...guidelines suggest that in a case like Quinlan's--where the patient shows no signs of recovery but is taking up valuable space in an intensive care unit--the patient should be allowed...
Doctors at Mass General say that the process cannot be called euthanasia, because patients like Quinlan are dead already, even if they breathe and have a pulse...
...fears being wrong in making intelligent decisions in her field so she avoids making them. She would not discuss the Edelin case, or the case of Karen Quinlan, the comatose woman in New Jersey, because they were still in the courts. When pressed on the Quinlan case she said, "I don't want to talk about that case, I really don't because, as I say, it is still in the court and its very, very hard for all the people involved. So I'd prefer...
...guests end up discussing controversial issues and court cases involving medical ethics with Sissela. She presents the whole situation but never ventures an opinion on which way the decision should go. A trustee of the hospital Sissela works at explained, "She was very interesting to talk to on the Quinlan case." But even there she did not advocate a particular solution...