[Vicky.]

Say you were in a serious accident and they had you on life support. But there was a huge chance you would be braindead if you ever came round. Should there be a way (a bit like the donors list) to decide before that happens what you would want to be done?

As it stands, its down to your next of kin. But it must be a ****ing horrible choice for them to make, and sometimes might go against your wishes.

Personally, if there was over a 1/4 chance of me being braindead, I would want them to give up on me. I have told my parents and gav this just incase, but I know it would still be awful for any of them to make that final decision.

Me and gav were just talking about a friend of his that was horrificially beaten up and was on life support...the doctors were next to certain he would be braindead. His grandad had brought him up, his grandad knew that he wouldnt want to live like that and wanted to turn the machine off, but the choice was down to his mother...who wouldnt. Now his friend is alive, but braindead...I dont think thats right at all.

Should there be some way of you making that decision yourself on the offchance that it might happen sometime in the future, and what would you chose if there was?

(Nice morbid thread to start off the day )