Friday, May 19, 2006

The Disability Rights Movement Is Fighting Futile Care Theory

As readers of Secondhand Smoke and my other writing know, I am trying to raise public awareness of futile care theory (medical futility), which I see as a profound threat to patient autonomy and the concept of equal moral worth among all human beings. The disability right movement "gets it" and perceives, accurately in my view, that their members are prime targets for unilateral refusal of wanted life-sustaining treatment. Here is an article against futility from a disability rights perspective.

2 Comments:

At May 19, 2006 , Blogger Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. said...

Wesley, I sent you an e-mail on this subject concerning Yenglang Vo.

Thank you for posting this article. I am very afraid that those who support futile care theory will refuse care to my profoundly retarded (and very happy) sister

 
At May 19, 2006 , Blogger Wesley J. Smith said...

And thank you for the work you did on behalf of Andrea Clark and her family and for Venglang Vo.

 

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