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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by sniperjoe360 on Sunday October 23, 2022 @07:13AM (#33306083)
On the contrary, the "religoius crap" is the guiding reason why we have modern hospice and palliative care at all. From the creator of modern hospice's biography posted at the hospice she founded:

https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/about/damecicelysaunders

"Cicely's strong Christian faith was a fundamental factor in her commitment to the dying"

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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by nrb on Sunday October 23, 2022 @10:34AM (#33307335)
That sounds orthogonal to what the parent is saying, which is that religious leaders fight vehemently against the legalization of physician-assisted suicide.
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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by sniperjoe360 on Saturday November 05, 2022 @10:01PM (#33488081)
It sounds orthogonal because it is orthogonal. But it's true and I provided the original source to back up my claim. Hospice and palliative medicine is an accepted by all major faiths.

Physician assisted suicide is another seperate issue - and "pulling the plug" on a comatose patient is NOT euthanasia. That is hospice and palliative care.

You're beating the straw man my friend...

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