Sunday, August 28, 2011

Legalizing Euthanasia by Omission - And Making It a Doctor's Order

Legalizing Euthanasia by Omission - And Making It a Doctor's Order:

DENVER, Colorado, AUG. 24, 2011 (Zenit.org ).- A problematic new end-of-life medical form is rapidly gaining ascendency in U.S. healthcare. It is called the "POLST" document. (In my own state of Colorado, it's called a MOST document.) The acronym stands for Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.

(MOST = "Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment;" its provisions are almost identical across states.) Click here to see an example of a standard POLST document.

The document consolidates on a single.........
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