Comments on: TIME Magazine: “Catholics are enjoined to pursue all means to prolong life.” http://www.bloggernews.net/110407 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nancy Reyes http://www.bloggernews.net/110407#comment-92603 Nancy Reyes Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:07:59 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110407#comment-92603 It's a bunch of nonsense. A press that didn't bother to check what Catholics believe using a quote from a physician who probably is a pro euthanasia plant. JP2 was suffering from terminal neurological deterioration from Parkinson's disease. It affected his swallowing, and he was fed for awhile with a feeding tube. But when he developed septic shock from a Urinary tract infection (probably from a catheter) he decided to go home and die. The mortality from this is very high, no matter where it is treated: Up to 90 percent, and probably higher in a frail elderly man. It’s a bunch of nonsense. A press that didn’t bother to check what Catholics believe using a quote from a physician who probably is a pro euthanasia plant.

JP2 was suffering from terminal neurological deterioration from Parkinson’s disease. It affected his swallowing, and he was fed for awhile with a feeding tube.

But when he developed septic shock from a Urinary tract infection (probably from a catheter) he decided to go home and die. The mortality from this is very high, no matter where it is treated: Up to 90 percent, and probably higher in a frail elderly man.

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