Persistent world

CPR and calling 911. We both agreed that upon the conditions of our advanced directives: a progressive illness that will cause death, close to death and unlikely to recover, unable to communicate and unlikely for conditions to improve, and in a persistent vegetative state, then we deny forms of resuscitating life, CPR, or calling 911 for transportation. The topic shifted towards euthanasia and assisted suicide. Unbeknownst to me, my father was against any type of euthanasia due to his Catholic…

In January of 1983 Nancy Beth Cruzan lost control of her car on a icy Missouri road. This accident left Nancy brain damaged and was left in a “permanent vegetative state”. She could breath on her own but other than that there was nothing she could do on her own and she showed no signs of thinking capabilities. The doctors put a feeding tube into her stomach about month after the accident. In 1988 Nancy’s parents didn’t believe that their daughter would ever wake up and recover from the…

control of her car while driving at night and she was thrown from the vehicle and landed face down in a water filled ditched. Paramedics found her with no vital signs when she got in the crash but they resuscitated her. She was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state , surgeons inserted a feeding tube for her long term care.In 1987 Cruzan's parents went to court to ask that the feeding tube be removed and that she be allowed to die a dignified death as they said she would have…

with natural rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which the Constitution protects. Nancy Cruzan lost her ability to express and revel in her natural rights when a tragic car accident left her severely debilitated and in a ‘persistent vegetative state.’ Nancy Cruzan’s parents requested that their daughter be removed from a machine distributing artificial nutrition and hydration that kept her alive. Nancy’s parents strongly believed that pursuing a ‘plan of medical…

John woke up in a car after a short nap with Helena, Tommy, and Laurel, they were planning to move to Canada. It was their group dream since they met each other in high school. Since college is over, they all decided to go live there to expand their careers and to have a fresh start. They packed all their belongings and all their money in a duffle bag. There was around sixty thousand dollars in the bag and some extra money in their bank accounts. John,Laurel, and Tommy said goodbye to their…

Terri Schiavo – The Right to Die In 1990 Terri Schiavo slipped into a permanent vegetative state. She remained in this vegetative state for 15 long years before she was allowed to die. Mrs. Schiavo’s husband, Michael Schiavo fought relentlessly to honor his wife’s wishes to never live like this. Michael was faced with opposition from Terri’s parents, religious and right to life organizations. The opposition caused the Schiavo case to be challenged and put in the public eye for all to see.…

On Aug. 6, 1941, 6-year-old Elaine Esposito went to the hospital for a routine appendectomy. She went under general anesthetic and never came out. Esposito stayed in a coma for 37 years and 111 days before dying in 1978. Without a doubt that she was alive; she had a tube in the windpipe through the mouth, and hooked to a breathing machine. With her heart pumping and nose breathing — she was alive — but she wasn't living. There is a difference between surviving and living. According to the…

cardiac arrest in her Florida home. This woman named Terri Schiavo would launch one of the most significant arguments on life and death pertaining to life support. After suffering through cardiac arrest Terri’s brain was damaged enough to cause PVS or Persistent Vegetative State, in which she could still breath and her heart still beat but she was kept alive by feeding tube. Her husband Michael fought to remove the tube so Terri may pass away peacefully, for 15 years Terri’s parents fought to…

eventually discharged home, but do to her high level of needs she was admitted to multiple rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. Although Terri woke from the coma, she never regained full consciousness, leaving her in what is referred to as a “persistent vegetative state”. Because she could not swallow and had a high probability of choking and aspirating on food or liquids, a feeding tube that was inserted into her stomach through her abdomen became the way her body received…

‘Euthanasia is a moral right one has in this world. Opponents argue that the right to die does not exist and therefore cannot be claimed, yet the right to die is also a right in a legal sense. It is a right which should exist in New Zealand, either specifically or derived from other rights such as…