Are people too willing to pull life support?

[RyJae]

Haleigh Poutre is no Terri Schiavo

That article there has, for the most part, everything I am trying to say.

Some caution that the high cost of caring for comatose patients may become a financial incentive to end life support. Did such considerations influence the decision-making at the DSS? All of this warrants investigation.

Dr. Nancy Childs, a renowned brain injury specialist in Austin, Texas, told The Boston Globe that 16 percent of brain-injured adults recover after three months of unconsciousness. Neurologists also say that children, with their still-growing and more elastic brains, have a better prospect for recovery from brain injuries than adults.

It deserves to be in the spotlight; it does not deserve to be turned into Terri Schiavo II.