On 7/3/2012 9:03 AM, basilisk wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 07:33:27 -0500, HeyBub wrote:


To my knowledge, we in the U.S. have nothing like a physician writing "LCP"
on the patient's chart. ("DNR" is a completely different critter.)

Maybe not exactly, but in practice.
During the recent passing of my wife, she was moved to comfort care which
involved no medical care other than I could request pain meds if needed,
no monitoring, no oxygen, no IV.

The physician didn't make this decision, it was offered as an an option
and I made the decision.

Agreed ... it is tacit instead of written in many cases. Mom died on
June 21, 2012, in a nursing home, but basically in a hospice
environment, with no physician intervention for the three weeks
preceding her passing. Considering a prolonged illness with no hope of
recovery, it was as it should be.

While I do have a DNR, I could only hope (but knowing it would be
horrific to put someone in that position) that someone I know had the
training, and fortitude, to practice the merciful wielding of a pillow
in a similar circumstance.

I keep thinking of that Indian chief in that movie Little Big Man(?),
where he just went off to die in the forest.

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