A fraction of dying patients, even with excellent pain and symptom management, face a dying process that is so prolonged and marked by such extreme deterioration and suffering that for them having the choice for a peaceful and humane death on their own time, on their own terms, is the least worst alternative. |
I don't think any of them are likely to pass, but I think there's been a real push by the right-to-life interest groups to roll back the clock. |
She completely devoured it within a second. ... If she would have been ill for any other medical reason, I don't think she would have been as motivated as she was to eat. |
The ISL59532 has higher integration than competitive devices, both with the number of input and output channels in one package, but also with its additional functions, such as DC-restore and its fast OSD switch. |
The pixel clock has increased to about 100 MHz, resulting in the need for amplifiers and multiplexers with a bandwidth of 1 GHz. |
This new single supply video driver is very highly integrated. The filter removes GSM burst noise while the sync-tip clamp positions the video signals so they will move through the amplifier smoothly. The ISL59111 also provides the added benefit of seeing input signals below ground. These features make it the best choice for space-constrained applications that feature video outputs, or where designers want to add video as a new product feature. |
Those of us who care about the last days of terminally ill people know that we have to focus instead on making advance directives more effective. We need to strengthen advance directive laws, to ensure that health care providers check to see if a patient has a directive before instituting medical interventions. If a patient has directed that no life-sustaining treatment be provided, this wish must be respected. |