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I consider myself very lucky that no one tried to kill me when I was suicidal. It's going to get a lot more dangerous now that able-bodied young people are gett
by daodedickinson 11y ago
I consider myself very lucky that no one tried to kill me when I was suicidal. It's going to get a lot more dangerous now that able-bodied young people are getting social and medical "support" that kills them for their possibly temporary depression or nihilism.
Suffering can always be made meaningful and abolition of pain is not a goal for society but a enervation unto death.
Just now in Canada, doctors and nurses are being forced to choose between their professions and holding to a religion that forbids murder. These are their options:
"They can keep their heads down and pray they are never asked to kill a patient.
They can surrender and become part of the death machine—at the risk of the eternal consequences that their faith beliefs portend.
They can give up their careers and hand the keys of what are now religious medical institutions to secular ownership (or, move to the United States where, at least for now, doctors and nurses enjoy conscience protections).
Finally, the difficult but most righteous course would be to engage in a policy of total non-cooperation with the culture of death, forcing the national and provincial governments and medical colleges either to turn a blind eye or to inflict unjust punishments on doctors for refusing to kill. Perhaps such draconian measures would bring the country to its senses."
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/03/canada-declares-war-on-christian-doctors-and-nurses https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/03/canada-de...
- daodedickinson 11y agohttp://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=193281 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=193281 In this survey, a small proportion of terminally ill patients seriously considered euthanasia or PAS for themselves. Over a few months, half the patients changed their minds. Patients with depressive symptoms were more likely to change their minds about desiring euthanasia or PAS.... contrary to general perceptions, depression and hopelessness, rather than pain, seem to be the primary factors motivating patients' interest in euthanasia or PAS.... because euthanasia and PAS are irreversible actions, longitudinal assessments of patients' attitudes and preferences are important.
- yuzi 11y agoEvery legit news source is reporting doctors will have the right to NOT participate. Everything else is opinionated propaganda. Right now the community is debating if they should require that doctors provide information on where/whom they can go to in order to get the assistance/advice patients need; In the end even that is unlikely. "It's expected that no doctors will be forced to help a patient die." http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-doctors-express-mixed-opinions-on-assisted-dying-1.2715008 http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-doctors-express-mixed-...