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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by seneca on Saturday October 11, 2025 @10:49AM (#45549586)
Right. It's a not-so-well-kept secret that hospice care is actually assisted suicide in disguise. It's done with a wink and a nudge, hiding behind the principle of double effect, but it's a mercy everyone knows is happening. It's sad that it has to be done covertly.
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by hackernewds on Saturday October 11, 2025 @11:23AM (#45549867)
Which is highly illegal, especially as a form of monetizing pain and lack of agency from elders incapable of decision making but flush with money and inheritors
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by jamiek88 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @01:01PM (#45550731)
And replies like this is why it’s clandestine.
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by JumpCrisscross on Saturday October 11, 2025 @03:44PM (#45552065)
> but flush with money and inheritors

Every person I’ve known in hospice had their wealth drained in the last six months of life. They would have gladly taken a more dignified way out if they could have afforded it, leaving something to their next of kin to boot.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by macNchz on Saturday October 11, 2025 @01:02PM (#45550740)
This is a misconception—research has found that people entering hospice often live longer than those who do not:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088539240...

There are many who will raise their hands with anecdotal counters to this, but I think much of that is borne from misunderstandings about end of life generally, which is a charged and difficult topic lots of people would rather not learn more about.

I highly recommend the book Being Mortal by Atul Gawande for anyone who wants to explore the topic further—or really for anyone who has loved ones at all!

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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by seneca on Sunday October 12, 2025 @08:02PM (#45563262)
Very interesting. This definitely contradicts my direct experience. I'll have to give the study a close read. Thank you for sharing it.
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by randcraw on Sunday October 12, 2025 @12:18PM (#45559334)
Of course, bring the patient home to die is no different. And nobody would call that assisted suicide.
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