2 weeks back, P and I visited a mum of his friend who was diagnosed with cancer. Apparently, her condition is in the 4th stage but the family only found out about her condition a month or so before our visit. Her condition was so bad that the doctor cautioned she wouldn’t live beyond 2 months.
I thought that was my first visit to a patient who’s so close to death. And I doubt I have ever seen someone hurting that much. Seriously, you wouldn’t bear to look at her for more than 5 minutes. It’s really sad to think of how anyone would have to spend their last moments on a sick bed, being tormented and waiting to be taken away.
If you get to see what she’s going through, I bet you wouldn’t understand why euthanasia cannot be practiced. I mean I got to agree that there are lots of considerations in regulating euthanasia but many of the religious and ethical arguments seem so flawed.
There are so many arguments against euthanasia. There are people out there who consider euthanasia as a type of murder, and therefore, is morally unacceptable (and therefore seeing someone else suffer in pain is). And then there are those concern with the value and sanctity of life, the role of healthcare professions, the wishes of the family, etc. I think it’s hard to reconcile the two camps who are divided by their values of life. Not how much, but whose.
It’s sad to know that you ain't in charge of your own life after all.
I thought that was my first visit to a patient who’s so close to death. And I doubt I have ever seen someone hurting that much. Seriously, you wouldn’t bear to look at her for more than 5 minutes. It’s really sad to think of how anyone would have to spend their last moments on a sick bed, being tormented and waiting to be taken away.
If you get to see what she’s going through, I bet you wouldn’t understand why euthanasia cannot be practiced. I mean I got to agree that there are lots of considerations in regulating euthanasia but many of the religious and ethical arguments seem so flawed.
There are so many arguments against euthanasia. There are people out there who consider euthanasia as a type of murder, and therefore, is morally unacceptable (and therefore seeing someone else suffer in pain is). And then there are those concern with the value and sanctity of life, the role of healthcare professions, the wishes of the family, etc. I think it’s hard to reconcile the two camps who are divided by their values of life. Not how much, but whose.
It’s sad to know that you ain't in charge of your own life after all.
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euthanasia arugement often surround ethics, religious, science but its seems to me that none of it was concern over the pain, suffering and wish of the patient who wish to end it all. if the patient had the right to refuse treatment which could equal to suicide at times, why not euthanasia? if the family had the right to decide to pull the plug on the supporting machine in the event of terminal stage of comas and had no hope of recovery, why denied the right of a conscious patient to request for euthanasia? dont understand......
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