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OLYMPIA, Wash. - The state of Washington says 63 lethal doses were dispensed to terminally ill people during the first year of the state's Death with Dignity Act, and that there were 47 recorded deaths.
Until you have seen a loved one die a slow and painful death due to an incurable disease, no one really appreciates how important it is to have this merciful option available. High doses of analgesics have been administered to patients for hundreds of years at the end of life to prevent excessive suffering, but apparently now, all of a sudden, some see it is murder, and it has been made more complicated than it need be. End of life care should be between a patient, their family, and their doctor.
As I read the article I was surprised this was being done by perscribed pills to be taken whenever the patient wants. I assumed this was always done by a doctor under medical supervision. I hope those pills don't end up in the hands of anyone else.
Until you have seen a loved one die a slow and painful death due to an incurable disease, no one really appreciates how important it is to have this merciful option available. High doses of analgesics have been administered to patients for hundreds of years at the end of life to prevent excessive suffering, but apparently now, all of a sudden, some see it is murder, and it has been made more complicated than it need be. End of life care should be between a patient, their family, and their doctor.
I agree...
When the end is obviously in sight...when there is no hope for recovery, and when you are in unspeakable...unimaginable pain, having the option of ending your life on your own terms, is in my opinion the only humane option.
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The state of Washington says 63 lethal doses were dispensed to terminally ill people during the first year of the state's Death with Dignity Act, and that there were 47 recorded deaths.
I think its odd that the vast majority of Americans would agree that it is compassionate to put an animal down when it has no hope for recovery and is in extreme pain and distress, yet many will say its wrong for a human to ask for that same mercy. I hope and pray I never find myself in such a position, but if it ever did happen to me, it should be between me, my family, my doctor, and my Maker what I choose.
As I read the article I was surprised this was being done by perscribed pills to be taken whenever the patient wants. I assumed this was always done by a doctor under medical supervision. I hope those pills don't end up in the hands of anyone else.
I don't think that will be a problem, the qualifications are quite strict.
I think its odd that the vast majority of Americans would agree that it is compassionate to put an animal down when it has no hope for recovery and is in extreme pain and distress, yet many will say its wrong for a human to ask for that same mercy. I hope and pray I never find myself in such a position, but if it ever did happen to me, it should be between me, my family, my doctor, and my Maker what I choose.
I thnik it odd that family members that believe the state should do it ;don;t do it themselfs for the family member if that is what they believe. One has to remmber that animals are not people to most otherwise we would be canibals and alot would be guilty of murder.
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