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post #1 of 4
11/23/01 at 1:59pm
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Enforced, prolonged life is a fate worse than death :

<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/19/opinion/opinion1.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/19/opinion/opinion1.html</a>

Matter of faith: even religious doctors admit
mercy killings

<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/19/national/national9.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/19/national/national9.html</a>

At the end of life :

<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/21/html/editorial.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/21/html/editorial.html</a>
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post #2 of 4
11/23/01 at 2:07pm
At first I didn't want to reply, but I recalled what I saw my father go through with the last days of his life with Parkinson's Disease...I'm all for it.
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post #3 of 4
11/23/01 at 2:20pm
I feel if the person is being kept alive by a machine than yes I think the family members should have the right to pull the plug. My feelings change though whenever the patient is young.
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post #4 of 4
11/24/01 at 2:30am
[quote]Originally posted by Sinewave:
<strong>I feel if the person is being kept alive by a machine than yes I think the family members should have the right to pull the plug. My feelings change though whenever the patient is young.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Huh? So if I understand you correctly an old person shouldn't be held alive unnecessarily but a young person should? Why?

A 20 year old with terminal cancer in the last stage is just as sick as an 80 year old right? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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