X-Message-Number: 6212
From:  (hEpCaT)
Subject: Re: Cryonics and the Medical Ethic
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 19:37:37 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> Message #6201
> Subject: Cryonics and the Medical Ethic
> Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 10:10:38 -0400
> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <>
> 

snip snip...

> I'm glad people associated with the organizations that will
> cryopreserve me do not share your "humble opinion". I want good
> quality medical care. Cryopreservation is a last resort form of
> medical care, not a first resort. You appear to be treating it as a
> goal rather than a tragic last ditch attempt to get the patient to
> survive long enough to get better medical treatment.

Huh? How do you figure that? If, for instance, you take an aids patient 
that is just days or even hours away from death and there's no visible
cure in sight, then I'd say cryonic suspension is a pretty good goal
myself! That is, as long as the person can afford it because he or she 
doesn't have a lot of exhorbitant medical expenses. But, there also comes
a time for each doctor when they have to draw the line, and I imagine
that must be very hard and if they choose to futiley prolong the terminal 
course with resources earmarked for cryonics the result is permanent death. 
That was my only point.

Ever forward,

David

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