Life Support For Dying Patients - 1469 Words

The question about whether to remove or continue life support for dying patients has been an ongoing topic and has caused a lot of controversy. One side feel that dying patients should be kept on life support because life support increases the chances of survival, it allows families to come to terms with death, also it allows organ donation. The other side of this case point of view feels like life support is only prolonging life, supporting life support drains resources, and the ethical issue behind life support. I strongly believe that dying patient should be kept on life support until they can either recover from ailment, or has a power of attorney. Who are we to end someone’s life because of our own beliefs? Just in the last 2 years†¦show more content†¦(statics) .According to recent updates on Jahi health, doctors have said â€Å"she is showing some signs of blood flow, electrical activity and is no longer on life support† (Collins). In the case of Elijah Smith, a 22-year-old man who was hit by a car while he was riding his bicycle on July 3, 2013. He suffered from head injury and was declared dead at Grant Medical Center in Ohio later on that night. Grant Medical center notified Lifeline of Ohio the organ procurement organization. Mr. smith was register to be an organ donor but his parents learned that organ removal takes place when the donor is on mechanical ventilation during the surgery and also to have an organ removal to be taken place the donor has to have a beating heart. According to smiths mother she believed her son didn’t understand what he signed up for by saying her son would never have signed on him donating his organs while being alive. July 11, 2013 smith’s organs was removed and donate despite his parents’ wishes but since they couldn’t change what was already signed from Elijah they could only deal with the decision their son made. In the case of Marlise Munoz a 33-year-old women suffered from cardiac arrest on November 26, 2013 although she had heart beat, Doctors informed Munoz husband, that the hospital wasn t going to disconnect Marlise from the ventilator, because the Texas law prohibited it because she was 14 weeks pregnant. The Texas Advance Act states, A doctor may not