tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23499413.post815982083122749072..comments2023-10-24T00:40:27.831-07:00Comments on Friar Yid: Dying with dignity versus living without itFriar Yid (not Shlita)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10311439778319103094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23499413.post-25008892353727906272012-02-18T23:17:26.758-08:002012-02-18T23:17:26.758-08:00There is a wealth of halachic literature on how an...There is a wealth of halachic literature on how and when to switch from "Save him at all costs" to palliative care. "Do no harm" goes both ways. Sometimes you harm a person by flogging his body with chemicals and electricity just to keep his battered heart beating.<br />But don't pay too much attention to the hyperbole coming out of the Chareidi press. When Rav EE Shach was on his deathbed a few years ago the same hysteria occured and then settled down once Rav Eliashiv had been annointed.<br />The bigger issue is the one you identified and that I've written about: that the handlers are actually issuing the rulings and pronouncements while these elderly men slowly decline in the back room and unknowingly acquiese to the reign of terror these megalomanics inflict on their masses.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571194550300367249noreply@blogger.com