Euthanasia
Hi all-
There have been a ton of really good debates on here, and this is a topic I've been wondering about ever since I read "Postcards From No Man's Land."
What are your views on doctor assisted death, or euthanasia? Is it right? Is it ethical?
Thanks for all who input!
I believe that the
I believe that the responsibility of life belongs only to the owner of said life. And so, I believe in physician assisted suicide. I don't know how much I would respect a doctor who takes a life, I might applaud them, but doesn't the Hippocratic Oath begin: First, do no harm.
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I haven't the time to elaborate or think this through now, my family is watching Hairspray, and that is my cue to run shrieking and giggling to the living room XD
~Special
Well, Special, I see your
Well, Special, I see your point, but I wouldn't say that a doctor is actually doing harm if he helps a suffering, sick person end her life safely and consensually.
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And, I would like to point
And, I would like to point out, the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath states that sometimes the doctor may be able to take a life, and s/he should do so with great care and humility. It says nothing about not being allowed to do this.
-icuc
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I agree with icuc and
I agree with icuc and nonseq...why make people live when they have nothing to live for..?
(read...A brief composition on the perspectives of death...here)
Exactly!
Nemmels
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(N)Emily
well....
i dont think that taking people off life support machines is the real issue here. there are cases where the person is given leathal ingections to die because they are in pain. the life support thing is a different story.
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Edward Cullen
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"Could a dead, frozen heart break? It felt like mine would!"
Edward Cullen
Midnight Sun
well....
i dont think that taking people off life support machines is the real issue here. there are cases where the person is given leathal ingections to die because they are in pain. the life support thing is a different story.
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"Could a dead, frozen heart break? It felt like mine would!"
Edward Cullen
Midnight Sun
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"Could a dead, frozen heart break? It felt like mine would!"
Edward Cullen
Midnight Sun
I agree, NonSeq. (Jazz, you
I agree, NonSeq. (Jazz, you already heard my views on this.) I also think that if someone is in a coma that there is very little chance of them emerging from, and the life-support machines are needed elsewhere, removing them is what should be done. It's what I would want done for me and any of my family, to try to save as much life as possible.
-icuc
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Don't threaten me with love, babe, let's just go walking in the rain.
-Billie Holiday
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Don't threaten me with love, babe, let's just go walking in the rain.
-Billie Holiday
Exactly.
Opponents of this argue that it should be banned because it is disrespectful to life, but forcing someone to live their last days in pain and desperation -how is that at all respectful?
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"Though scary is exciting, nice is different than good."
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I think that it is ethical.
I think that it is ethical. It's all done by choice, and it's a way to go with a little dignity if the last days of a disease would be just miserable.
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"Though scary is exciting, nice is different than good."
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"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."