Posted by Farkel [Keflar] on November 12, 1999 at 13:08:06 {CkRQXOxAaIjc7.1TE24IvhKqcjatLo}:
In Reply to: Hospital Ethics Survey posted by Rick on November 12, 1999 at 12:46:11:
:Is IYHO (in your humble opinions) the Catholic hospital stance (as I presented it; please correct me if I'm wrong), ethical? Should the Watchtower Society take a similar stance should they start buying hospitals, would that be ethical?
People rarely die if they don't have their tubes tied, although that would put a heavy financial burden on someone with 9 children as you mentioned.
Failure to administor or accept blood transfusions has in thousands of cases put a significantly heavier burden on the patient: one from which the patient never recovers.
You're comparing apples to oranges, Rick. The ethics involved in your example are two dissimilar to compare.
Farkel