Tag: Margaret Bentley

Forced Starvation Attempt Appeal Dismissed

By Wesley J. Smith Good news: The case that sought to force a nursing home to starve an Alzheimer’s patient to death even though she willingly took nourishment-has been dismissed. From the Advocate Daily story: The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed a request from the family of an 83-year-old woman [Margaret Bentley] that …

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British Columbia court to hear spoon feeding case

Editor’s note. This first appeared at alexschadenberg.blogspot.com. An article in the Vancouver Sun reported on the family of Margaret Bentley (82) that has launched a lawsuit against Fraser Health and the BC government concerning the fact that Bentley is being spoon fed at the Maplewood Care Facility in Abbotsford BC against the wishes of the …

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