A tragic case of modern bioethics: Denying life-sustaining treatment to a patient who wanted to live
By Philip Hawley, Jr. On December 23, 2015, a forty-six-year-old man named Chris Dunn died of complications from presumed (though unconfirmed) pancreatic cancer. In a few short months, illness ravaged this ex-sheriff’s deputy, his stout physique shriveling to skin on bones. In his final weeks, a breathing tube and ventilator were all that separated him …
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