Doctors vs parents, science vs faith, what to do with a dead patient? (Huckabee, ethic)

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by SourD

It doesn't matter. Doctor's don't have the right to pull any plugs against the legal parents wishes.

Then let the parents take the dead child home and plug her in there.

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

oh its not

the kids parents are welfare loving democrats, who DONT CARE how much it will cost the taxpayers to keep the vegetable alive

And you know this how? Proof please otherwise you are just spouting off.

Originally Posted by jerseygal4u

I am seriously bothered thay some posters think she is on Medicaid.

THAT is the most disturbing thing I've read on here.
Where do they get these facts?

They make them up if they don't have them. I surely hope this family comes to it's senses and sooner rather than later.

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

I suppose I should thank our lucky stars that's it's ONLY costing $2,000 a day at the Sunnybrook ICU.
Could be worse....American ICU prices.

American ICU prices for a total ventilator dependent dead patient probably 25 to 50 K per day.

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by petch751

It is hard for anyone to give up hope especially for children. Don't we all pray for miracles when someone we love life is on the line. I can understand even though I know better.

A miracle does not need advanced life support machines to keep a corpse from decomposing. Perhaps this family could have given life to about 4 other children by donating her organs instead.

[TylerJAX]

End of life medical law isn't my forte, but it should be the family's call when/if the plug is pulled as long as they are footing the bill.

[20yrsinBranson]

I wouldn't trust the doctors assessment either. After all, they make mistakes every single day. Obviously.

20yrsinBranson

[emcee squared]

She is dead. Life support = death support.

I'm sorry for all parties.

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by TylerJAX

End of life medical law isn't my forte, but it should be the family's call when/if the plug is pulled as long as they are footing the bill.

That is absolutely correct.
In my medical practice of over 30 years in AZ I have only had one death like this where the family could not make the decision to pull the plug on a medically proven brain dead patient. So on their dime they flew the body back on life supports to Boston to their primary care doc.

[suzy_q2010]

Hoonose, they flew the body back on a ventilator. There was no life to support. That may seem like nitpicking, but it goes to the crux of Jahi's mother's inability to believe her daughter is dead.

Do you know what happened to your patient after the transfer?

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

Hoonose, they flew the body back on a ventilator. There was no life to support. That may seem like nitpicking, but it goes to the crux of Jahi's mother's inability to believe her daughter is dead.

Do you know what happened to your patient after the transfer?

Yes the patient was dead. But a ventilator, IV's and accompanying nurse are life supports.

I never heard back.