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A comment on Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program. Parent comment

Re:Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide P... by cutemonster on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:22PM (#34154012)
Tthe health care system works like that sometimes.

An old person had late stage skeleton cancer, extreme pain, drugs didn't help. He wanted to die. The health care system kept him alive against his will for as long as they could

In that case I suppose the reason was instead covering one's own back.

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Re:Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide P... by vintermann on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @08:49AM (#34160901)
Even the Catholic church firmly defends such people's right to refuse further treatment, and even to terminal sedation (painkillers that will shorten your life by a lot as a side effect). If the health care system actively kept him alive against his wishes, that's on the health care system.
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