who pulls which plug
The hospital has these amazing machines measuring vitals never before seen. It dumps all the factors in a big database predicting life or death, whichever’s the case. With results so accurate, they can define which case is urgent or who’s out of time. Relatives may opt to then stop treatment by power of attorney, or proxy consent. But pulling the plug for some patients means not on themselves—but on the machines.
Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.
“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”
