No More Treating The Elderly?! & Rationed Medical Treatment

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[quote name='Tinkerlina' post='1786470' date='Feb 20 2009, 02:00 PM']I don't know if I'd say a day or two is a definitive standard-I'm not a doctor but I know that organs shut down at a certain point in the process of dying from a serious illness and I think that the point at which processing food becomes strenous/impossible probably varies from person to person and depends on the nature of the illness. As an aside, pain control can technically hasten death but hopefully this isn't an issue? But in any case, I understand your point. It is a very serious matter that would need very careful, prayerful consideration by family members who need to make decisions like this for their loved ones.-Katie[/quote]
Pain control that can be reasonably expected to hasten death is allowed when the goal is not bringing about death, but to use them properly (lessening pain).