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In response to "What if I *want* a Death Panel...does this mean it's out?" by BB

This is part of what gets me about this last month - someday, somewhere, maybe right now, a family is not going to know what a family member wanted

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Aug 16 '09, 11:22

in the case of them being unrecoverably injured, because they were told it was evil by Sarah Palin.

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I didn't even think of a living will until a nurse asked if I had one. - BB Aug 16, 11:31 2
- The nurse wants to kill your baby. -- nm - Sarah Palin Aug 16, 11:31 1
  - It's what Hitler wanted. - BB Aug 16, 11:34
heck I see that every day. some people just "don't want to talk about that" in reguards to speaking with loved ones about end of life issues - dogbert183 Aug 16, 11:27 5
- I've had experience with exercising that option. It makes things so much easier for the family if the wishes are documented in advance... - MojaveMeg Aug 16, 12:28
- oops, it was supposed to say somewhere in there ^^^ that it's already difficult enough now without it being "evil" to talk about -- nm - dogbert183 Aug 16, 11:29
- Oh, I'm certain it happens now. But it's going to get worse. - Reagen Aug 16, 11:29 1
  - agreed 100% -- nm - dogbert183 Aug 16, 11:33
- exactly. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 11:27

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