Prepared by Natural Solutions Foundation to be Printed for Health Care Giver Use

www.HealthKeepersOath.orgDear Health Care Giver,
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I entrust my well-being or that of my loved ones to your skill and judgement since you are trusted and licensed by the State to provide care using both the science and the art of medicine.
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I am asking you to read and sign this pledge of responsibility to assure me that as a practicing health professional you will not abuse that trust.
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Healthcare law now gives you the right to make expanded life-and-death decisions about your patients’ survival.
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Those decisions must be made in deep consultation with the patient or, if that is not possible, with the loved ones responsible for that person, not on the basis of utilitarian considerations, as they increasingly are.
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Denial of food, water and support while suppressing consciousness and respiration with opiates is an increasingly common method of human disposal which I fear for myself and for my loved ones.
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By signing this pledge to refrain from such decisions without considering all other options openly and clearly with the patient and family, you assure me that my trust in your skills and judgement is well placed.
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I need to understand that you reject the principles commonly known as the “Liverpool Care Pathway” and that life and death options will be held as meaningful to you as they are to your patients, regardless of official policy,
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I am affixing my name to this document and dating it below.
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Name:
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Signature:
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Date:
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And am presenting this to you for your signature as well.
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Health Keeper’s Name:
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Health Keeper’s Signature:
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Date:
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I ask you to go to www.HealthKeepersOath.org and make a public record of your commitment to “Do No Harm.”
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Thank you,
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