Sentence examples for not to prolong it from inspiring English sources
I would not say that withdrawing treatment is/was intended to hasten the end of a patient's life, but rather not to prolong it to reduce suffering.
In this tradition, morally extraordinary treatment may be forgone, but morally ordinary treatment may not, as we have a responsibility to respect life, but not to prolong it at all costs [ 14].
The following comments reflect the ethical tightrope that doctors may walk to act within (albeit close to) the boundaries of the law on the one hand and compassionately consider their patients' desires and best interests on the other: I would not say that withdrawing treatment is/was intended to hasten the end of a patient's life, but rather not to prolong it to reduce suffering.
"We felt really bad but we said, 'No,' because we didn't want to prolong it," she recalled.
Bond's philosophy was "I shall not waste my life in trying to prolong it.
As such, he added, "I have the impression that what he wants is not to close the case but to prolong it".
"We decided not to pursue dialysis or intensive care, not to prolong the end," Dr. Goold said.
Today — not to prolong the suspense — we're endorsing Mrs. Clinton.
She had advanced directives saying not to prolong matters if things were irreversible.
We're not trying to prolong that; it needs to correct.
