[Magdalen] end of life documents (was Re: Rant)

[ME Michaud]

Ya gotta watch the hospital. A friend's very elderly father requested to be
moved from hospital to hospice care and the (denominational) institution
accused her of "giving up" on him. So helpful. Not.
-M

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have looked into the options available for my mother, should they be
> necessary and the one area that concerns me is that here in TX, is that if
> the patient verbally 'voids' the documentation while being questioned by
> health care people,  it can be ignored or voided.  This is a troubling
> thought to me, as I have come to view hospitals (in the scope of my
> experience) dealing with the elderly rather pro-active to prolong life at
> any cost (procedures, machines, etc) and to intimidate/guilt family
> members. This combination of seeking patient ascent in the face of
> documentation for 'another way' and aggressive hospital action
>
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