by APFLI | Jun 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
KY Supreme Court decided that families of permanently unconscious patients may have their lives ended by removing their life support, even if a person had not declared a desire for this to happen. Persons in persistent vegetative state (still very open to...
by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
After two weeks and no change Ryan Finley took his wife Jill off life support and suddenly she awoke. Imagine being 31 years old and having to make the agonizing decision to discontinue the life-support keeping your comatose spouse alive. Now imagine that spouse...
by APFLI | May 19, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A California man awoke from a coma right before his doctors were about to disconnect his life support. The story gives more credence to the notion that families should avoid making premature decisions to take the life of a loved one, because of the possibility of...
