Topic: Paralyzed hunter chooses to die.
started by: Liberal
Posted by Liberal on Nov. 09 2013,10:16 am
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Decatur, Indiana (CNN) - It's a grim topic: What would you want if you were on life support after a life-altering accident? Would you want to live in a wheelchair, or would you want to die?
An Indiana deer hunter and father-to-be who was left paralyzed after falling from a tree chose the latter, state authorities said Wednesday.
Timothy E. Bowers, 32, of Decatur was hunting Saturday afternoon when he fell about 16 feet to the ground from a tree stand, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said.
Bowers suffered a spine injury and paralysis, authorities said.
On Sunday, he chose "to remove himself from life support systems," the department said in a statement. He died that evening.
Isn't removing the respirator the same as assisted suicide?
Posted by binanca on Nov. 09 2013,3:37 pm
Wasn't there anymore details other than that?
Posted by This is my real name on Nov. 09 2013,5:11 pm
(Liberal @ Nov. 09 2013,10:16 am)
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Decatur, Indiana (CNN) - It's a grim topic: What would you want if you were on life support after a life-altering accident? Would you want to live in a wheelchair, or would you want to die?
An Indiana deer hunter and father-to-be who was left paralyzed after falling from a tree chose the latter, state authorities said Wednesday.
Timothy E. Bowers, 32, of Decatur was hunting Saturday afternoon when he fell about 16 feet to the ground from a tree stand, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said.
Bowers suffered a spine injury and paralysis, authorities said.
On Sunday, he chose "to remove himself from life support systems," the department said in a statement. He died that evening.
Isn't removing the respirator the same as assisted suicide?
It isn't if he was able to remove the respirator himself. He may not have been fully paralyzed.
Posted by Self-Banished on Nov. 09 2013,5:22 pm
(Liberal @ Nov. 09 2013,10:16 am)
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Decatur, Indiana (CNN) - It's a grim topic: What would you want if you were on life support after a life-altering accident? Would you want to live in a wheelchair, or would you want to die?
An Indiana deer hunter and father-to-be who was left paralyzed after falling from a tree chose the latter, state authorities said Wednesday.
Timothy E. Bowers, 32, of Decatur was hunting Saturday afternoon when he fell about 16 feet to the ground from a tree stand, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said.
Bowers suffered a spine injury and paralysis, authorities said.
On Sunday, he chose "to remove himself from life support systems," the department said in a statement. He died that evening.
Isn't removing the respirator the same as assisted suicide?
Tough call.
Posted by Liberal on Nov. 09 2013,5:32 pm
< http://www.usatoday.com/story...3461259 >I support assisted suicide within reason but I think there should be a reasonable waiting time to make that decision. This story just seems like it was done sort of soon and it was an awful easy process.
Posted by Self-Banished on Nov. 10 2013,1:16 am
Was probably one of the first to be signed up under obamacare 
Posted by Santorini on Nov. 10 2013,8:11 am
Wow..just wow!!Perhaps he had an advanced directive? (I doubt cause he was so young),
Or was asked to sign an advanced directive in the hospital
He would have been asked his choice for code status..DNR do not resuscitate... DNI do not intubate... or DNR DNI combination ..or full code ( everything possible done)...
But because he was so young one has to question his mental status for making such a decision so soon following the trauma.
Very sad story.
Posted by Expatriate on Nov. 10 2013,10:41 am
^we should all have an advanced directiveI’m an advocate for the right to die law.
In this case there’s a point when medical intervention becomes pointless and the better alternative is to let nature take it’s course.
This isn’t assisted suicide this is nature taking it’s course without medical intervention.
We keep a lot of people alive in this country they suffer while others profit.
Posted by Glad I Left on Nov. 10 2013,11:16 am
I agree with Expat on this one.
Posted by Santorini on Nov. 17 2013,10:54 am
(Expatriate @ Nov. 10 2013,10:41 am)
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^we should all have an advanced directive
I’m an advocate for the right to die law.
In this case there’s a point when medical intervention becomes pointless and the better alternative is to let nature take it’s course.
This isn’t assisted suicide this is nature taking it’s course without medical intervention.
We keep a lot of people alive in this country they suffer while others profit.
I’m an advocate for the right to die law.
In this case there’s a point when medical intervention becomes pointless and the better alternative is to let nature take it’s course.
This isn’t assisted suicide this is nature taking it’s course without medical intervention.
We keep a lot of people alive in this country they suffer while others profit.
True...advanced directives spell out details of wishes however, it can be overridden by Polst which is a form that does not require a patient or family members signature. While advanced directives are 'your' wishes it is not medical orders. Whereas polst is written orders that must be followed. So basically 'your' best interest is out of your hands.
Posted by Santorini on Nov. 17 2013,11:48 am
I always have a hard time with people judging quality of life. What or whose yardstick is used to measure?