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Re:Tell HN: My Brother Died Last Week. His Death Will Not Be... by mikeash on Thursday February 13, 2014 @04:23AM (#7230370)
Refusing to take preventive measures could potentially be called selfish. (Although it's much less clear with mental illness where the disease itself hinders such action.) The death itself is not, especially since these things can still kill you even if you do everything right.

Would you mind giving me the name of your practice so I can make sure that nobody I care about ever, ever goes there?

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Re:Tell HN: My Brother Died Last Week. His Death Will Not Be... by illuminate on Saturday February 15, 2014 @12:33PM (#7244451)
"Refusing to take preventive measures could potentially be called selfish"

The problem isn't just the illness clouding the need for them but also that there are sometimes more significant side-effects as well.

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