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Should we kill coma patients on life support to provide more resources to others?

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Would you want someone else to decide if you should live or die? Suppose you were perfectly capable of thought, but you just couldn't move, would it be OK for someone to kill you? Maybe you will wake up next week.

Cindy · F

I'm glad they didn't decide that for me sheesh

UreBesFrend · M

@Sissycindysue: +1

Curiousguy833 · 31-35, M

I understand that, but should we continue to spend resources on someone who might not be there at all (e.g thoughts etc) when there people who are in a 50/50 that you save today..

How many people do you think you could save in a week with the extra resources/ doctors. Don't get me wrong this is not a easy question but I want to see what people would say taking both sides of the coin in consideration

Cindy · F

@Curiousguy833: well be grateful you didn't have to be in a coma dude,

UreBesFrend · M

Most of the people in coma have people who love them on the outside making sure nobody kills them. If it is determined they are indisputably brain dead, then yes, harvest their organs and let them die, otherwise you have to preserve them.

Curiousguy833 · 31-35, M

Listen man, I don't know the question the answer to this question. I just wanted to see make people think for a sec.

If it was me in a coma (that's I could still think but couldn't moved) that would raise a few different questions. E.g would I be ok with seeing/hearing my family worry and raising their bill. Would I be ok with staying conscious for a number of years without moving or communicating... damn that sounds like hell on earth