Ethics survey: End of Life Care

How much do we look after people at the end of life? What do we do when there seems to be no medical solution in sight?

The ethics survey presented the following situation:
If a person is paralyzed from the neck down, is unlikely to regain mobility, and is unable to care for him/herself without expensive life-support systems, it is best to withhold the life-support since the extra expenses are not helping anymore.

Here are the results to this question:

Almost three quarters of the church goers who took part in the survey (n=117) disagreed with the removing of life support from this person. For the remaining quarter, 1 in 7 were not sure, while 1 in 8 agreed or strongly agreed to removing the life support.
The delegates responses (n=34) largely mirrored the church-goers with two thirds disagreeing with the removing the life support from this person. A quarter where not sure, while 1 in 8 agreed or strongly agreed to removing the life support. In comparison with church members - the same proportion of delegates supported withdrawing life support, but there were more who were not sure what their stance was.

Hard decisions. Things that many of us will face - both as people who are helping others make choices - and for our selves and our loved ones.