Here are my answers:
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From: "Joan E. Snyder" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:14 AM
Subject: END OF LIFE ISSUES
> on wednesday, i am to give a talk to our lgst. area hospice. while they
> say they only want me to talk about my personal experiences w/ pd...i
> have been thinking quite alot about end of life issues. couple this with
> the story of Terri Schiavo, the young woman in Florida who is in the
> middle of a huge legal debate over removing her feeding tube and i feel
> that it might be time to face some unsavory issues. would you be so kind
> as to help me in an unscientific poll? names will be kept completely
> anonomous.
> 1) do you have a living will?
Not yet!
> 2) on a scale of 1-10 (10 bbeing very important), how important do you
> consider having a living will to be??
10
> 3) when do you consider to be the natural end of life??
When I stop breathing.
> 4) would you like to be kept alive by feeding tubes and breathing tubes?
Not after a reasonable time (6 months) allowed for possible recovery.
> 5) what is the governments role in this issue (Gov. Jeb Bush ordered her
> feeding tube re-inserted)???
Nothing except protecting the will of the patient or his/her close
relative.
> 6) on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being very religious/spiritual), how
> religious/ spiritual
> do you consider yourslef to be?
I do not believe in religion. I do believe in God.
> Raj
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