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In which country did this happen? This sounds illegal in quite a lot of countries that I know of (nothing judgemental in this comment, I'm genuinely curious)
by williamdclt 9y ago
In which country did this happen? This sounds illegal in quite a lot of countries that I know of
(nothing judgemental in this comment, I'm genuinely curious)
- magicalhippo 9y ago> In which country did this happen? In Norway. The cancer he had did not respond to chemo, and radiation therapy was out since it was small clusters spread all over the lungs. So there was really not much they could do. To be fair, I was a bit surprised myself, but as I said I really appreciate that he got the chance to make his own choice in the matter.
- drewbug01 9y agoIt’s not illegal to refuse treatment.
- astura 9y agoYou're wrong and/or confused, it's certainly not illegal to refuse treatment in any free country as long as the patient has all their mental facilitates and there is no danger to public health. Nobody can force you to stay attached to a machine if you don't want to be. In fact, preforming medical treatment against someone's expressed will is assult or battery and could land the doctor in prison. I think you're confusing voluntarily withdrawing of life sustaining treatment with physician assisted suicide, they are nowhere near the same thing.