[...] Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Per this article, https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/14/coronavirus-why-everyone-needs-to-talk-about-advanced-directives/ quote" This could mean a COVID-19 patient is left with a difficult decision: Would you prefer palliative care or life-support? Palliative care for coronavirus typically involves an oxygen mask, morphine and anti-anxiety medication to ease breathing. Life support, on the other hand, can include a feeding tube, dialysis, transfusions and mechanical ventilation, a grueling experience that requires heavy sedation." All options seems pretty bad. I wonder how one can say no to anti-anxiety medication (which I believe in benzos only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[tr...] Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 If you're on palliative care, a benzo is the least of your problems - you're dying. I'm not endorsing benzos at all...just putting it in perspective:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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