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Alfie Evans, British toddler who spurred a medical ethics debate, dies
Read the comments by posters. Enough said.
Medical professionals understand the futility of treatment. I think most would agree that withdrawing care and allowing the patient to die would be the humane, right thing to do. This should have been a decision made by the physicians with the parents, but unfortunately it was turned into a media circus involving the courts, the pope, and other outside interests. People just don't accept reality.
Read the comments by posters. Enough said.
Medical professionals understand the futility of treatment. I think most would agree that withdrawing care and allowing the patient to die would be the humane, right thing to do. This should have been a decision made by the physicians with the parents, but unfortunately it was turned into a media circus involving the courts, the pope, and other outside interests. People just don't accept reality.