A very senior medical man has suggested that consultants should, in cases of very severe and extreme head trauma, be allowed to give an injection to end life. This suggestion is eliciting strong opposition from people outraged that medics should actively seek to end life rather than preserve it. It would appear that this suggestion is doomed to fail and that should such intentional and proactive means to end life be acted out, the medic will be open to a charge of murder.
So, should you or your loved ones be involved in a major car accident say, and lose a substantial part of your cranium and brain then the medics treating you will not be allowed to give you an injection to bring your life to a speedy and painfree end.
No, you can rest assured that won't happen.
What will happen is that current practice will continue to be applied. All sustenance and liquids will be withdrawn. You'll die a perfectly legal lingering and painful death from starvation and dehydration.
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