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The right to die with dignity.Yes or no or maybe
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Yes.The law should be changed to grant peoples last wishes.
No way.Only the good Lord has the right to end your pain.
Unsure.Depends on the level of suffering.
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Yes. Everyone should have a living will. I know it would be open to abuse but as a society we should be able to legislate properly to minimise that risk. A dear friend of mine has terminal cancer and has been asked if they want to be resuscitated if their heart stops that's one step away. |
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over a year ago
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If someone is physically disabled but really wants to end their life I think that someone should be allowed to help them without the fear of getting into trouble we put animal to sleep to stop them suffering euthanasia all the way for me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We treat our pets better than we treat our fellow human beings in this respect.
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Yes, we do. In fact to continue an animal' s suffering is an offense. Chemotherapy, ethically, is not undertaken for cure, only remission, for example |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes... My dad suffered with a rare brain disease and although he understood everything he lost the ability to do anything. Very very sad thing to deal with |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I agree it is awful to be left suffering awaiting the inevitable with no possibility of recovery and only more suffering ahead.
Not everyone in that situation is able to carry this out alone and relatives may say they would but when it came down to it, could they?
So who would be responsible for killing these people? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No, seems you have all forgotten that this would require someone else to do it for you. It is already legal to take your own life, and if you didn't do that while still capable of putting a plastic bag on your head then why should anyone presume you want to die? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Speaking as someone who does community nursing/home care I look after ill people from all walks of life with a variety of illnesses, I have been asked a few times now to help people dies, its heart breaking to go into some of the homes I go into and see how some people are left to live, or should I say left to die, im not ashamed to admit I have left some homes in tears at the suffering some people are left in while they are begging you to kill them, that don't happen often but when it does it really get you
If your terminal, in pain, you be allowed to go with dignity |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No, seems you have all forgotten that this would require someone else to do it for you. It is already legal to take your own life, and if you didn't do that while still capable of putting a plastic bag on your head then why should anyone presume you want to die?"
not everyone is capable of taking their own lifes tho
what about those who are past being able to do anything for themselves, those who have people come in and feed them, wash them, wipes their arses for them?
and even if you was capable of putting a bag over your head that's not a nice way to go, an injection to let you slip away pain free is much easier to face than suffocation |
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By (user no longer on site)
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All of this may be helped if people made a living will, explaining under what conditions they would no longer wish to be kept alive. How this would work I have no idea, it's just that. an idea.
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A couple of thoughts. Firstly, having been exposed to the process, a trip to dinitas is not that difficult to organise nor prohibitively costly, yet very few make the trip. Equally, I can say for a fact that very few terminally ill people choose to end their life.
I suspect that when it is you and you are faced with you own mortality, the desire to cling to life, however restricted that life may be is far, far stronger than any of us not in that situation can begin to imagine. |
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"A couple of thoughts. Firstly, having been exposed to the process, a trip to dinitas is not that difficult to organise nor prohibitively costly, yet very few make the trip. Equally, I can say for a fact that very few terminally ill people choose to end their life.
I suspect that when it is you and you are faced with you own mortality, the desire to cling to life, however restricted that life may be is far, far stronger than any of us not in that situation can begin to imagine."
Very good points. I can understand why someone wouldn't want to travel though. Still think people should be able to choose, here, in their own home or place of their choice. |
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By *xodussxMan
over a year ago
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No clue what to say about this one
Life should be life
But life with pain is not life
Where do we draw the line?
I don't wanna take my own life or a loved one life
Then again I can't stand there and see that person suffering
My mum always say if she ever looser her memory, as a surgeon, she knows what to do to herself and go in peace and dignity |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Everyone should have the right to choose to end their life if they are terminally ill. It's not only the patient suffering but their nearest relatives and friends to, who cannot do anything to help, just watch and wait for the inevitable. Just horrible  |
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My younger sister died of skin cancer several years ago, whilst this approach to her death wouldn't have a name, she was on hefty doses of morphine and without eating or drinking was allowed to slip away peacefuly.
My initial thought of not feeding or drinking was put into perspective when her doctor told me that it would only prolong her state, there was no question she was dying.
This sort of protocol is employed almost universally in the UK for cancer cases. |
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"We treat our pets better than we treat our fellow human beings in this respect.
Totally agree with this!! "
What if you want to die but Doctors and family dont want you to. Maybe they feel health can be managed better in future. I get its individuals choice but we are all human beings and we dont always make right decisions. It's difficult one |
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"All of this may be helped if people made a living will, explaining under what conditions they would no longer wish to be kept alive. How this would work I have no idea, it's just that. an idea.
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Agree, already we have the right to refuse treatment. And the right to be allowed to die, if that is your wish then put it in writing and maintain it. Whole lot different than asking someone else to kill you. When you are incoherent and change your mind depending on today's mood. |
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"My younger sister died of skin cancer several years ago, whilst this approach to her death wouldn't have a name, she was on hefty doses of morphine and without eating or drinking was allowed to slip away peacefuly.
My initial thought of not feeding or drinking was put into perspective when her doctor told me that it would only prolong her state, there was no question she was dying.
This sort of protocol is employed almost universally in the UK for cancer cases."
It sounds like the Liverpool Care Pathway. Something that is engaged for many people in the end stages of their life. Many, many more are treated palliatively with the priority to minimise pain and suffering.
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I think everyone agrees that prolonging suffering isn't right but the ethical debate is that if we allow euthanasia it is open to abuse.
It would be very hard to police as the person who had passed isn't around....
If there is a chance that someone may be gotten rid of for convenience sake then it can't be allowed......
Living will is the clearest option available. My mum has one and as much as I don't want her not to have treatment if she is ill , it is her wish to DNR...I have to respect that. |
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"it would only prolong her state, there was no question she was dying.
This sort of protocol is employed almost universally in the UK for cancer cases."
 This is common practice NFR (Not for Resuscitation) is a common code on medical notes, it is kinder on the medical staff as they don't have to actually kill you, but still very difficult on nursing staff particularly.
Yes we do treat our pets better than we do people, especially Vets! we ask them to kill for us and never consider the toll we put on the vet.
If you want to go then do it yourself, don't put that decision on others. If you are incapable of doing it yourself then tough you left it until it was too late.
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"My younger sister died of skin cancer several years ago, whilst this approach to her death wouldn't have a name, she was on hefty doses of morphine and without eating or drinking was allowed to slip away peacefuly.
My initial thought of not feeding or drinking was put into perspective when her doctor told me that it would only prolong her state, there was no question she was dying.
This sort of protocol is employed almost universally in the UK for cancer cases.
It sounds like the Liverpool Care Pathway. Something that is engaged for many people in the end stages of their life. Many, many more are treated palliatively with the priority to minimise pain and suffering.
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That makes sense, she was in Arrowpark at first. |
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Having a terminal illness, I shall stand on the fence for now.
Some days I think its time, other days I think I can live forever.
If It gets unbearable................
Not sure I am brave enough to do it myself, so asking someone else isnt an option. MHO |
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"A couple of thoughts. Firstly, having been exposed to the process, a trip to dinitas is not that difficult to organise nor prohibitively costly, yet very few make the trip. Equally, I can say for a fact that very few terminally ill people choose to end their life.
I suspect that when it is you and you are faced with you own mortality, the desire to cling to life, however restricted that life may be is far, far stronger than any of us not in that situation can begin to imagine."
but for me its not a point of choice, its a point of doing whats best for someone
A lady I used to go into just before xmas had had several stroke's and after her last one had lost her swallowing reflex, due to her age and health they wasn't willing to put a peg feed in so basically left her, now as we all know if you cant eat or drink your going to die, 5 days it took her to starve to death, I don't care what anyone says no one should be left to die in that way and had it been my loved one I would have sooner them gave her a injection to end her suffering straight away than leaving her to die like that
Its 2013 no one should live like that |
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"A couple of thoughts. Firstly, having been exposed to the process, a trip to dinitas is not that difficult to organise nor prohibitively costly, yet very few make the trip. Equally, I can say for a fact that very few terminally ill people choose to end their life.
I suspect that when it is you and you are faced with you own mortality, the desire to cling to life, however restricted that life may be is far, far stronger than any of us not in that situation can begin to imagine.
but for me its not a point of choice, its a point of doing whats best for someone
A lady I used to go into just before xmas had had several stroke's and after her last one had lost her swallowing reflex, due to her age and health they wasn't willing to put a peg feed in so basically left her, now as we all know if you cant eat or drink your going to die, 5 days it took her to starve to death, I don't care what anyone says no one should be left to die in that way and had it been my loved one I would have sooner them gave her a injection to end her suffering straight away than leaving her to die like that
Its 2013 no one should live like that"
totally agree |
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