Re: Death of Hisashi Ouchi

[Anthony Barber <a.barber@qut.edu.au>]

With respect to all, I believe medical ethics may be "off topic"
Regards
Anthony Barber
a.barber@qut.edu.au

At 11:14  21/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
>At 14:25 21/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >In any case this reverts back to similar situations in the
> >elderly or otherwise very ill, who themselves cannot make
> >informed decision about heroic life support/life saving.
> >His family could be the people saying "try and save him."
> >

<snip>

>Sorry - this is an entirely different situation, very remote from the
>ethical problems concerning  elderly pastients or terminally ill patients.
>The victim was a very young man and persumably otherwise healthy. This fact
>by itself will  direct every physician to treat him heroically.  In
>contrast to most terminal illnesses , accident victims should be given the
>beat and most extensive care, until the caring physician is absoltely sure
>there is no chance to save him

<snip>

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