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Re:I wrote a small piece on planned death by wbillingsley on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:55AM (#11627686)
Limiting the options to "palliative care" instead of active euthanasia is partly a bulwark against there ever being social-pressure-to-die. And given many societies aren't very good at identifying or dealing with elder abuse as it is, it seems a reasonable bulwark to have.
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Re:I wrote a small piece on planned death by BatFastard on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @08:57AM (#11627970)
How about the incredible social-pressure-to-live!, not only social pressure but legal pressure. In my father's last few weeks of life I would see him wake up each day asking "why am I still here". Because you have NO choice.
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