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08/31/07 - 09:51 AM

i have question abt ethics .....

husband tries to kill wife as he finds she is cheating on him ( motive) ..... smart a*s husband some how get out of trial and is set free now wifey is stilll in hospital struggling but not doing that good... and husband gives consent to take out her life support as she is going down ...

is it rite????????? i mean can husband still have right to decide for wifes life ( wife has no one else other than husband and boyfriend)

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09/03/07 - 10:36 AM

I think that in this particular case husband shud not have this right.

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09/10/07 - 01:29 PM

if the patient has lived with her boy friend for considerable duration,then he would best represent her,not her husband.

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