But are they being trained in this? Because it's ever so much more important.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051500875.html?referrer=emailarticle

That’s because nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse-midwives are in the business to protect and save life. (duh)

Apologies. That's what I get for reading the top post without going to earlier posts. Redundant-r-us

That’s because nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse-midwives are in the business to protect and save life. (duh)

And how many of these lives that you're so eager to save will actually be worth living?

That's a good question, Pinkko. Our administration wants to save every life that comes down the pike, but neglects to see that some lives really are better off not starting at all. I'm thinking in particular of fetuses that are born too early and are "saved" by the miracles of modern science. "Saved" for what, I don't know--many of these children will never eat on their own, will never understand a word spoken to them, will never walk, talk, shit, or have a cognitive thought. I don't think this is life, I think it's a forced existence.

Most nurses in the NICU understand this and hate the ridiculous lengths some doctors will go to to save the "life" of a born-to-early infant. The same goes for those languishing in rest homes and hospices, who's only interaction with another person is to be flipped once a day on their bed.

"Protect and save life," my ass. Medical care is just as politicized, money-centered and sexed up as anything else, and I think the Republicans like it that way.

Sylke - "Our administration wants to save every life that comes down the pike, but neglects to see that some lives really are better off not starting at all."

Would you like to explain at what point a life is no longer worth living? How serious must a handicap be?

I actually agree with you in this case, I am just curious what your answer would be to this difficult (and ethically loaded) question.

The text for choir and pianoforte of this Hymn was obtained from the Greek Olympic Committee, and a long work of translation of the words into Italian was commenced by Prof. Sigfrido Troilo, while work was also begun on the musical and instrumental transcription essential for the choral and orchestral execution. The work was directed by the late Maestro Bonaventura Somma with the valuable collaboration of Messrs. Domenico Fantini, Conductor of the Carabinieri Band, Alberto Di Miniello, Conductor of the Italian Air Force Band, Antonio Fuselli, Conductor of the Band of the Public Security Police, Giovanni D'Angelo and Olivio Di Domenico, Vice-Conductor and Conductor of the Band of the Finance Guards.

The choice of the Hymn and the official fanfare for the XVII Olympic Games implied a long process of selective work. Having examined various proposals, the Arts Committee accepted the suggestion made by Dr. Garroni to adopt, as the Hymn of the Rome Olympic Games, the Hymn of the Sun, from Mascagni's "Iris" (Ricordi edition). Likewise after rejecting a number of unacceptable suggestions, the first bars of the same Hymn to the Sun were adopted, and this constituted the leit-motif played at each official ceremony.

The choral and orchestral execution of the Olympic Hymn, the National Anthem and the Hymn of the Sun were carried out by Maestro Somma.
At the same time, considerable work in connection with the instrumentation for bands of the National Anthems of all the Nations taking part in the Games was being carried out, in collaboration with the Protocol Section.
Gramophone recordings were also made of each Anthem. Furthermore, work was carried out on the execution of marches to be played during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, as well as of other musical themes.