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Sami, you are wrong. No one can remove you from life support, regardless of your ability to pay, without the consent of your relatives. I have taken care of many such patients. Folks who are technically dead and have no money, yet are being kept alive because their loved ones refuse to them go. What people don't understand is that to prod and poke such individuals until their hearts finally give way, even after they have developed bed sores that reach down to the bone, is akin to torture. Some of my colleagues have left patient's rooms in tears because of the discomfort they know they are causing such patients. -------- God bless Mary Ann www.bentwillowfarm.org > Thank you, Mary Ann. You've made me aware that the living will I > currently > have is completely inadequate and doesn't meet most of my desires. It was > prepared at the same time as my will and is very basic. "If I'm brain > dead > pull the plug" but I can see that can be very confusing to my son (who was > required to sign the living will) since hospitals now have many ways to > keep > a person "alive". I am,however, just cynical enough to believe that all > artificial life would be cut off by the medical care system when > everyone's > money ran out. > > Sami > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn