There has been a great deal of discussion about Terri Schiavo. We know now that she will soon die. All along we have been told that she will not be in pain and will not suffer from starvation and dehydration. I wrote an earlier post where I described the process and the fact that she would indeed be in pain. There have been arguments to the opposite many of them by medical experts making the talk show circuit.
I have a few questions. What is pain medication given for? If someone is not in pain, would that person need pain medication?
This is from
Schindler said he feared the consequences of morphine that has been used to relieve his daughter’s pain.
Hmm, why is it she is getting morphine, a narcotic, to relieve her pain if she will not have any pain from the process of her death sentence?
Another quote from the article:
Hospice spokesman Mike Bell said federal rules kept him from discussing Schiavo specifically, but said “a fundamental part of hospice is that we would do nothing to either hasten or postpone natural death.”
Mr. Bell does not need to worry. He does not have to hasten death, the court system has done that. I would argue the natural part because as far as I know, it is not natural to starve to death or die of dehydration.
The whole story is here.
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