Choices Regarding Life Support

What is life support?  Life support involves specialized equipment or treatment that replaces or supports a failing bodily function.  In treatable or curable conditions, it is used temporarily until the body can carry on normal functioning.  In conditions where a cure is not possible, life support may prolong life and possibly suffering.

A treatment may be of value if it relieves pain, restores function, or enhances the quality of life.  The same action could be considered harmful if it causes pain or prolongs the dying process without offering help, which may reduce a person's quality of life.

The choice to use or not to use life support is an individual one.


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