| Item Listing | Medically-Assisted Feeding: Who Decides? Date: March 6, 2006
The tragic case of Terri Schiavo (SHY-voh) prompted people nationwide to consider what measures should be used to keep someone alive who is completely unable to convey his or her wishes? The State of Kansas is now weighing how to make end-of-life care decisions for those who’ve never had the mental capacity to consider such issues. Health Reporter Bryan Thompson has more in our ongoing series, “Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change”.
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You can read the text of the bill proposed by State Representative Lance Kinzer, as well as some of the testimony relating to this issue by visiting our website, kpr.ku.edu. Just click on the "Kansas Health" icon. You'll also find links to online versions of today's story, plus all the other stories from our health series. That's online at: kpr.ku.edu.
Funding for the health series on Kansas Public Radio is provided by the Sunflower Foundation of Topeka, and by the Kansas Health Foundation of Wichita.
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