I agree with you to an extent about the ideal goal being to not kill people, but quality of life needs to be considered in that equation as well. Most will not wake up, so why make their bodies linger when their brains are gone?
If you stopped treating certain PVS patients with basic medicine, they would die. Many PVS patients receive antibiotics, for instance. Hospitals and long-term care facilities are some of the germiest places. I think it more inhumane to not treat a CVS patient for a staph infection. That's something we can fix, unless its MRSA or some other superbug. I also think removing feeding tubes is inhumane. However, giving them an injection to end their life is not.
If you stopped treating certain PVS patients with basic medicine, they would die. Many PVS patients receive antibiotics, for instance. Hospitals and long-term care facilities are some of the germiest places. I think it more inhumane to not treat a CVS patient for a staph infection. That's something we can fix, unless its MRSA or some other superbug. I also think removing feeding tubes is inhumane. However, giving them an injection to end their life is not.
