Speaking of euthanasia ...

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
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>;

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    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.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    sinewavesinewave Posts: 1,074member
    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.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    macoraclemacoracle Posts: 92member
    [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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