Re:Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws
by LorenPechtel on Saturday August 20, 2022 @02:05PM
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To me the important issue is incurable.
If there is reasonable hope for the situation to get better then death is almost certainly the wrong answer. If the situation can't be fixed I see it as the patient's choice as to whether the situation makes life worse than death. I don't believe any outsider can make that decision for somebody. (However, I do think people who knew someone well might be able to know what somebody's wishes were. I knew how my mother felt--if the hospital can't fix her up enough to send her home then palliative care only. In a society that permitted euthanasia it would be that rather than palliative care only.)
If there is reasonable hope for the situation to get better then death is almost certainly the wrong answer. If the situation can't be fixed I see it as the patient's choice as to whether the situation makes life worse than death. I don't believe any outsider can make that decision for somebody. (However, I do think people who knew someone well might be able to know what somebody's wishes were. I knew how my mother felt--if the hospital can't fix her up enough to send her home then palliative care only. In a society that permitted euthanasia it would be that rather than palliative care only.)