... withdrawing life- sustaining treatment, including the administration of food and water. It is also known as euthanasia by omission. The person dying, either verbally or through a written document such as a living will, usually requests passive euthanasia. In passive euthanasia, by withholding intravenous feedings, medications, surgery, a pacemaker, or a respirator, the doctor can let the patient die of the underlying disease. Active ... dying, I have especially come to appreciate the gift of life. For the court to accept assisted suicide would send a false signal that a less-than-perfec...

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THE ELDERLY With a falling birth-rate and people living longer, it is inevitable that our community is ageing. It is no surprise that geriatric medicine, the medical care of the elderly, has quickly evolved into a major specialty. Aging is a ... Touch. • With age, the skin is not as sensitive as in youth. The skin becomes less taut. There is loss of elasticity, pigmentary changes, and loss of tissue immediately below the skin. • Older people need to be alert to the fact they are not as sensitive to heating pads or hot water bottles as they once were and they ... arterial plague and heal...

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