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»l£7 .Ban TH TUE: Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1980 science Doctors’ actions examined NASA markets maps wov u from Lands a t sa tellih in death of cancer patient United Press International WASHINGTON — A 62-year- old machinist who had undergone surgery tor colon cancer two years earlier sought help at a hospital emergency room for a variety of painful symptoms diagnosed as re current cancer. Specialists said neither che motherapy nor radiation treatment would help at this stage. F stud ' the sse v\ e act ires f 4 p.rr EQU • •<M»4 Open Thurs. till 8 Imported coffees 41 varieties Teas-bulk & bag over 150 varieties Munchies European & domestic I’RIORITEAS ■ blends Of gim-bivinghbhhBMI 3609 Place E. 29th - Bryan The patient, identified as Mr. R, and his family then asked doctors not to administer any treatment other than painkillers and intravenous fluids. The case was discussed in the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine by Dr. Bernard Lo, a physician and medical ethics special ist at the Stanford University Medic al Center, and Dr. Albert R. Jonsen, a bioethicist at the University of Cali fornia at San Francisco. They questioned whether the Les»* e tapes ^ NOW Has Your Favorite Double Albums & Tapes on SPECIAL! Yft'lsP \ Vv attending doctors should have agreed with the patient’s wishes to decline treatment and concluded that “sound ethical and legal reasons” justified the patient’s deci sion and the physicians’ acceptance of it. But then four days later, Mr. R asked doctors to “speed up’ his death. Although he was not in pain or discomfort, he said he had reached the limits of his endurance. This request, said Lo and Jonsen, “created a difficult, controversial de cision for the physicians,” since this would be considered active euthana sia, an act intended to shorten the patient’s life. Mr. R’s request was denied. Plans were made to send him to his daugh ter’s home with home nursing care. But before he left the hospital, he began to hallucinate, twitch, jerk and have more pain. Since it was agreed earlier that no tests be conducted, it was not possi ble to say what caused the new prob lems. Doctors could have done nothing but this would have caused great dis tress for both Mr. R and his family. The use of sedatives and narcotics in this case raised the possibilty of adverse side effects and possibly death. Lo and Jonsen concluded in re trospect the doctors should have administered the least amount of narcotics and sedatives needed to control the symptoms. But problems developed at 3 a.m. and the two researchers said it was difficult then to consider all the re levant issues. The staff was not pre pared to make a difficult decision ab out unforeseen developments. In this case, the hospital doctors gave “substantial” doses of a narcotic and a sedative, with the agreement of the patient and family. Mr. R lapsed into a coma and died that evening. 3601 E. 29th St. Next to Dyer Electronics* Post Oak Center * ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ J What’s BIG, THICK J and JUICY??? 5 J ZACBURGERS J / March 22 ^ ELECT tom GOWAN V.P. of ACAD. AFFAIRS MSC Political Forum ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS presents: Congressman Toby Moffett, MSC Town Hall will be accepting applications for members to the committee (D.-Conn.), The 1st Nader’s Raider elected to Congress — March 24-28 i 6 America’s Energy Policy: A Liberal’s Viewpoint” with interviews the following week. As a member of the inf luential subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Interstate and Foreign Com merce Committee, Rep. Moffett supports national control of the oil companies, and he led the unsuccessful battle to stop the decontrol of domestic oil prices. Information and applications available in room 216 Memorial Student Center. MARCH 24 — 4£OON — 601 RUDDER FREE liown holll sinew Rudder Auditorium March 22, 1980 8p.m. Tickets MSC Box Office (MSlf m||ouNcn_ "S*II« ''Pmr* Lv United Press International ST. LOUIS — The space agency is trying to drum up business from pri vate industry for its Landsat series — satellites that monitor Earth’s natu ral resources from 570 miles high. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to help private industry use the Landsat pic tures for everything from urban planning to crop forecasting. Lester F. Eastwood Jr., associate professor of technology and human affairs at Washington University, heads a team working under a $100,000 grant to propose commer cial uses for the satellite maps. He says NASA is willing to take the ini tial risk to start the industry growing. “The government doesn’t want to compete with private enterprise,” Eastwood. “That would be unfair competition. But it does want to sti mulate the industry, and it hopes this is the best way. “NASA wants to demonstrate the capability of the Landsat technology, then step aside and let private busi ness take over.” Eastwood compared the current situation to the transfer of communi cations satellite technology to pri vate enterprise in the 1960s, a trans fer which led to a revolution in the communications industry. Then, he said, the applications were obvious and the companies involved were already giants in the field. Now, Eastwood said, the technol ogy exists, but the applications and the industries to use them are not so well established. ..ov Eastwood lias worked since wm* ▼ helping state and local govemm find uses for the Landsat pict Combining the satellite infonrats^i « Q* with data from other sources*! I ■ bring many kinds of results, he Forestry companies can use data for timber estimates, he sA United Pr< while oil companies can usethepls WASHING. I tores to determine certain lanJtiiiU'iion is refusin ditions. Eastwood said authorijB'dted States n using Landsat data predicted rajtp comply with Soviet wheat harvests monthsijijWhfied SAL 1 11 ance with a 99 percent degreej#> > diploma accuracy. Bhursday. , , I The opportui About 200 companies use the;^j on arose in C lures now, Eastwood said, ^^'ednesday wh government wants to ensure theilM e u.S.-Sovie can he used as widely and is i^ ve Commissic ciently as possible. Human survival, conservation linked United Press International WASHINGTON — Humans have become a major force in the destiny of life on Earth, and a major new international conservation project warns that preservation of the world’s diverse species may help in sure our own survival. Some scientists believe as many as 90 percent of all species that once existed have been eradicated. Until the last few hundred years, natural forces were largely responsible for the disappearance of plants and animals. But now, according to the U.N.- sponsored World Conservation Strategy, man is the primary killer of species. Habitat destruction has been the primary problem, the Strategy said. “Without its habitat, any given species has nowhere to run and no where to hide,” the conservation plan said. "Its support system is gone. “The explosion of the human population and the advancing tech nology that seeks to serve the needs of ever-increasing numbers of peo ple have simply eliminated many life forms, usually without human awareness or any gains for man.” Not only are humans morally obliged to preserve species, the Strategy said, but “wisdom also dic tates that we be prudent — we can not predict what species may be come useful to us. Many drug ingredients, for exam ple, come from plants and animals Bmiannual ses | Soviet repre: Moscow has n<: ductions requi |rms Limitatic then the U.S aken up the p President Ci to delay consic Bhich requires Ifenate approv; jithe Soviet inv; Under SA1 |have to disman bissile launch and yet only a small percentageli been ev aluated for use as me the Strategy said. "If we do not preserve theg possible number of the world’s! isting genetic resources —inclffi some 80,000 plants believed t edible — we, the human may ourselves become threateneij endangered.” The Strategy estimated 2.5,(XK) plant species and moretl 1,000 species and subspecies I vertebrates are threatened witlii I Unction. The plan calls for the preseraS CAIRO — of as many varieties as possible kered The P< crop plants, timber trees, livestdKogh paintir animals for aquaculture, micnlfleoars ago fron and other domesticated and«ii United 1 organisms. 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