Date: 9/9/2002 12:09:00 AM
From Authorid: 20956
I also believe that euthanaisia should be legalised, but obviously under strict conditions. i think that people should have the right to die with dignity and not have to endure extreame amounts of pain. I think it is cruel and think its kinda weird that we can have the compassion to put our pets to sleep when we see that they are only going to be in pain if they are let to live, yet we seem to accept watching a family member slowly disintergrate before our eyes and suffer immense pain. Where is the humanity in that?  |
Date: 9/9/2002 12:11:00 AM
From Authorid: 56410
What is euthanasia? Sounds like youth In Asia. I'm sure that legal over there..  |
Date: 9/9/2002 12:11:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
I think if the person is in insurrmountable pain, and will be for the rest of his/her life, and is liably willing, it should be allowed. After all, they are more humane with animals than humans. If they are in pain they put it to sleep, but if its one of us, we are just existing on machines, not living. Yes, it should legalized, with exceptions of course, just like everything else.  |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:13:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
Euthanasia is a term for assisted suicide, wheras the person is terminally ill and requests the aid. |
Date: 9/9/2002 12:13:00 AM
From Authorid: 16845
hmmm tough...i'll tell you my inital reaction...and leave it at that though....NO....why? because I do not feel that another human SHOULD become involved in another humans death...under any circumstances....IF the person who is ill feels they want to die *no offense to anyone* they will find a way to do it themselfs *JMO* PLUS....you cannot be garunteed death all the time.....you can be diagnosed with terminal cancer and STILL come back from it.....YES my family has SEEN this in my uncle....so no I do not think that it should be allowed in humans....jmo...  |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:15:00 AM
From Authorid: 56410
Thanks, KinetiKid. In that case, legalize it. If someone is in that much pain and suffering and nothing can be done to help, or if they dont want help, let em have it. |
Date: 9/9/2002 12:21:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 20559
There was a woman on the Gold Coast over here who had her suicide assisted by her daughter and it was well documented in the media that this woman wanted to be euthanised and now her daughter is in jail for it... I don;t believe that is fair as the poor daughter was just trying to honour her mum's last wishes.  |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:21:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
Aeris, you are welcome. And that's great. You put it short and sweet. Unlike me, where I have to make it from a paragraph to 9 pages long, lol. |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:23:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
I saw that too on 20/20. I htink its horrid that the magistrates can be so ignorant some times, and not empathie the situation tht her mother was in... *shakes head* The world today... |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:24:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
Vile typos...:p |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:27:00 AM
From Authorid: 56410
^_^ OMG, they put her in jail for doing something her mother told her to do?! ThATS RiDIculOus! I'm sure her mother is turning over in her grave right now. |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:38:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
You know, my grandmother kept requesting euthanasia, and they kept denying it. She was hhheld alive for almost 12 years in pain through medication and machines. Even myy grandfather wanted her to die (well, just because she requsted it, not because he hated her.) It was so heartbreaking to see her like that. She was NOT living, she was existing... We are like a battery. Once the power usage is gone, we should no longer be used. But there are some people that believe that that battery still has usage, and thats just pitiful and selfish. You aren't doing them a favor by keeping them in a painful state. You are only doing yourself a karmatic slap...*sigh* |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:39:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
Okay. Ignore the typos... This is one of those times I wish we had an edit button on our replies... |
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Date: 9/9/2002 12:53:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 20559
I totally agree (and don't worry my typing is rotten) |
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Date: 9/9/2002 1:01:00 AM
From Authorid: 54070
Oh, okay. My typing is usually neat. I sometimes substitute as a secretary, lol. I'm off-duty right now, so let the typos commence! |
Date: 9/9/2002 3:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 46527
My best friends husband is dying of cancer, he has had surgery time after time to prolong his life during the last 6 years. This time though it is the end, my friend is caring for him at home as he is terrified of going into a hospice. This man cannot talk or hear, the cancer is literally eating his face and throat/neck away. He is being fed through a tube in his stomach and is on countless antibiotics each day to prevent the raw skin over the growths from becoming infected and giving him major blood poisoning. Each time the cancer eats through another blood vessel he has a major bleed, these bleeds are gradually getting harder and harder to control as the cancer spreads towards the carotid atery. He weighs less than a child and has wasted away until he now looks like he has just come from a prisoner of war camp. Over the last few days he has become so ill and confused that he no longer knows what his name is or where he lives. He vaguely recognises his wife and son but did not know any of the people who recently sent him Birthday cards. He can no longer communicate by writing what he wants, he merely writes a series of unconnected letters and numbers on his 'communication pad'. He cannot be left for even a moment as he does things like uncapping his feeding tube (with disastrous consequences) or falling out of bed and yet he still INSISTS on using the bathroom downstairs rather than have something more convenient in his bedroom. He has to be half dragged/half carried down the stairs for this and then needs to sleep for hours afterwards to recover from the effort. He refuses Morphine as he doesn't want to be called a 'druggie' so consequently he is in a LOT of pain. His wife cannot tell if he would nowlike Morphine to relieve some of his pain, he can't tell her. He knows it is near the end, he has known it for a few weeks now. This man has lost his dignity, he is waiting to die, he is in pain and confused, there is no treatment for his cancer as it is too advanced. For the last 6 months he has been under a 'Do Not Resuscitate' order which he signed himself. This man has always been a strong believer in God and is ready to meet his maker. Why are we allowing him to live in this way....? Because 'human life is sacred', that's why. But is it a 'life' that he is living now, or just a living death? If anyone is a good candidate for euthanasia this man is! We would not have allowed an animal to suffer even a percentage of what this man has.  |
Date: 9/9/2002 8:21:00 AM
From Authorid: 27046
Well in the case of the daughter going to jail for assisting her mother it is considered murder because euthenasia is currently against the law. So it doesn't matter what she was doing or who told her to do what. In order for it to become legalized it would have to be done in a facility of sorts. Mental and social evaluations would have to be done and everything would have to be legally documented. It would be like starting a court battle. For instance I can see family members trying to stop the execution so to speak. What I don't agree with is some of the people that Dr K has assisted. Many of these people were simply paralyzed from the neck down or something like that. They weren't in tremendous pain or on the verge of death like LSR explained about her friend's husband. They just didn't want to live being like that and be a burden to other people and they couldn't do anything to themselves because they couldn't move. For someone who is terminally ill and going to die a simple overdose on their own would suffice. All someone would have to do is make the "mistake" of leaving the whole bottle of some of those medications that most terminally ill people take within their reach with a big glass of water. Let's face it in the eyes of God, suicide is suicide whether it's assisted or not, so whether you do it yourself or you have someone help you it's still going to be the same. I say sure go ahead and legalize it and watch how bad the red tape gets. I can see several assisted suicides used for murder coverups and so will the government making it legal. There would be so much regulation on it and so much processing to go through, it would be quicker to just pop the pills because most likely by the time everyone made up their mind and you had the permission to do it, you could or would probably be dead anyway..  |
Date: 9/9/2002 9:42:00 AM
From Authorid: 53284
After watching some of my relatives suffer needlessly prior to theie death, I would support voluntary euthanasia. The conditions would have to include the intent of the individual. If it is the choice of the individual, and there is no chance for recovery, and they are close to death, and they are in pain then I see it as the merciful thing to do.  |
Date: 9/9/2002 1:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 54987
Yes, I believe everyone has the right to die with dignity once it is established that the disease is in its final stages and is incurable. However, it should be strictly controlled and in a facility to avoid family bumping their old parents off for their money. It should also be under the supervision of two doctors as well as nursing staff and those in attendance, except family, should not in any way profit from the person's death in a will or otherwise. - Coolade  |
Date: 9/9/2002 4:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 22080
i believe that if i have a disease that i know im gonna die from i think i would wanna be euthanised because i would just be taking up space and such  |
Date: 9/9/2002 10:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 45630
it's mercy killing plain and simple.  |
Date: 9/10/2002 5:24:00 AM
From Authorid: 19345
all you have to do is go to a terminal cancer ward to see suffering, its horrendous I worked on one when I was young. I would want it over not go on suffering, we should have a choice to exit this world in a dignified manner if we so choose. It is our body, when will society stop telling people what they can and can't do with their own bodies???????????  |
Date: 9/10/2002 10:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 10722
If there's no cure, and treatments that don't help much... it would be inhumane to keep a suffering person alive.  |
Date: 9/10/2002 10:39:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
I am a nurse, and so is my daughter, her fiance is a Doctor, I can't say any more than Azairyia has, her perspective and opinion sums up what I would have said. The vast majority of Doctors and nurses will never assist in taking or ending a life. In terminal cases with a Living Will, no attempts to resuscitate will be made. There are MANY issues here. As Azairyia said, the red tape would be enormous. No Doctor or nurse would assist or encourage suicide. First, we comsider it murder, at least I do. The malpractice suits would skyrocket even more, and rightly so. Who would decide at what point to end a terminal patient's life? The patient? The Doctor? The family? And why should any Doctor or nurse be forced to administer drugs to kill? Under which circumstances?  |
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Date: 9/10/2002 10:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
My daughter's fiance is an anestheologist, terminal patients and those who are suffer ARE administered pain killers. They are given strong doses of medications, and hospice care is comfort care. As much as is possible, no attempts are made to prolong life, only to eliminate suffering as much as possible. |
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Date: 9/11/2002 8:54:00 AM
From Authorid: 54987
Stronger and stronger medication is needed to supress the pain. The patient ends up being poisoned by painkilling drugs. So, you could say that the medical profession kills them anyway. The whole problem is based on faulty thinking. This is a disease-care system not a heath-care systme. - Coolade |
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Date: 9/12/2002 5:00:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 20559
The patient is the one who decides when they want to die- noone else. it is up to them to die with dignity. Dragging it out constantly is wrong and hard for everybody. |
Date: 9/12/2002 8:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 55255
if im dying a horrible slow painful death plz grand children pull the trigger  |
Date: 11/4/2002 1:05:00 AM
From Authorid: 42945
I think if the patient decides that his life is no longer the way it should be then it should be his right to decide what to do about his life..I certainly wouldnt like to suffer like my father did...terminally ill and in pain is not living as far as I'm concerned..good post Zema  |
