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A comment on What Broke My Father's Heart (2010).

Re:What Broke My Father's Heart (2010) by yason on Monday April 22, 2013 @02:37AM (#5588134)
It is perfectly within the fundamental rights of an individual to not want to be cured (or "cured"). I think doctors do recognize it, they are human individuals themselves, but because of the status quo of death being sort of a tabu they just can't officially suggest that when it's the time to go it might be the time to go.
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Re:What Broke My Father's Heart (2010) by masklinn on Monday April 22, 2013 @03:41AM (#5588291)
> I think doctors do recognize it

Doctors recognize it so much they're at the forefront of avoiding this kind of behaviors and futile refusal to just die: http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/03/06/in-the-magazin...

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Re:What Broke My Father's Heart (2010) by yason on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @05:11AM (#5594061)
It's also a known and studied fact that doctors "prescribe" a whole lot different medication (such as natural products known for suitable vitamins, acids, and other substances) to themselves than to their clients (commercial drugs).
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