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My stepmom is currently in hospice and has been declining for about a month. I went through that with my mom several years ago, and as the primary caregiver I was sad that she had to suffer and just waste away. It's unethical to let animals suffer, but for humans, we stand by and watch what I consider cruelty.
Recently it was reported in the news that a Heather Pressdee, a nurse practicing in Pennsylvania, was charged with murder for euthanizing 17 people under her care. A plea agreement was all that saved her from being charged with murder. You can read about it in 'Evil Personified': Nurse Gets Life Sentence for Murdering Patients With Insulin. So my point is that if we legalize euthanasia or seek to legalize it, then it sends the message that murdering some people is good!
Personally, I think one solution to this dilemma is to grant palliative care to people who choose to forego medical treatment that keeps them alive. The patient can choose to be taken off the treatment and allowed to die as comfortably as possible.
No vet should do that. It is your beloved pet, and you should make the decision if and when to have the animal killed to free it from its misery. I don't think you should be faulted for if and when you make that difficult decision.
Let's keep in mind that animals are not people, and so we treat them differently. You can sell a dog, for example, but you cannot morally sell a person.
I would hope so, but a lot of people compare people to animals to make a case for euthanasia.
That's very true, and since this is the one life we have, it's important to value it.
I can't completely agree with you here because nobody's life is an island. What we do with our lives most often has a big impact on others. So when people commit suicide, it usually leaves a lot of pain in its wake that's experienced by friends and family. After all, they may have invested much in the life of the person who committed suicide, and all that effort will have been trashed.
Yes, and I think that people are unique in their great ability to adapt to adversity.
I don't believe we have free will. That's why we need others to guide and limit what we do. Bounds need to be set on our freedoms so we do not violate the freedoms of others.
You are not making any sense.
Sad that you are more humane toward animals than you are towards people.
Sooty to hear what you all are going through.
That "something greater" is known as a society which we should strive to keep orderly and safe. That means to respect and preserve life if we reasonably can.
To solve the problem of pain I think it makes more sense to manage pain rather than kill the person in pain. Unfortunately, our healthcare system in America is not doing a good job of delivering the care people need and that is available. Fixing that system is where we should be concentrating our efforts.
I would press for better care. In fact, that's what I did when my Dad was in the nursing home.
We should give the dying our support if they want it. Years ago an elderly neighbor and friend of mine was dying from cancer. I made a point of visiting her and keeping her company. We talked and assembled a jigsaw puzzle. It really seemed to help her feel better and endure her pain. Shortly after she died peacefully.
You brought up the subject of free will. In regard to dying, in most cases we have little choice over how and when we die. That's why I find these "choice" arguments for dying to be weak and unrealistic. As a society we generally do not allow suicide and I think for good reasons. Do you want to give teenagers in angst the choice to commit suicide?
Your snide remarks do not alter the fact that a God is real.
nypost.com
For those interested in a more in depth discussion of the above linked story:Physically healthy Dutch woman Zoraya ter Beek, 29, dies by assisted suicide
She reportedly had been hoping to end her life since she was a child as she was bullied growing up and often felt like she didn’t fit in.
That's that then. Life goes on.
I'll just let the link speak for itself.
I don't know what people near death and in pain choose. I've known people in pain and near death, and none of them chose to be put to death. So who is making the choice to have them die? They or you?
Is this why you have taken it upon yourself to choose for them?
Good for you.
They are making the choose to die.