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I see and feel your point. As a doctor who has worked with people with severe mental health issues I can imagine nothing worse than experiencing what they do. T

by jazoom 8y ago

I see and feel your point. As a doctor who has worked with people with severe mental health issues I can imagine nothing worse than experiencing what they do. This must be especially agonising for someone so young, who will have to experience this her whole life. That said, I'm not sure I could be part of euthanasia in a case like this. This one is very tricky with the mental state to consider. Also, what if a new treatment for some of her conditions arise within a few years? Unfortunately, progress in psychiatry is slower than probably all other medical fields.

maxxxxx 8y ago
I agree this is very difficult. But saying "Also, what if a new treatment for some of her conditions arise within a few years? " is not fair to the person who is suffering at the moment. After seeing some old people have miserable lives during their last few years I think we should give people the option to leave life in diginity if they want to.
- jazoom 8y ago
  is not fair to the person who is suffering at the moment No, it's not fair. I don't have a good answer. After seeing some old people have miserable lives during their last few years Absolutely. Some people suffer terribly at the end of their lives. This is the type of euthanasia I support.
- taxicabjesus 8y ago
  > After seeing some old people have miserable lives during their last few years I think we should give people the option to leave life in diginity if they want to. In my way of thinking, a person is not "old" until they have lived past their "expiration date". Everyone reaches their expiration date at a different time. One woman told me she immediately thought of her first husband when the idea of people having expiration dates came up: he'd died from getting electrocuted while working on a ceiling fan. At the time they had young kids and losing her husband was traumatic, but retrospectively she realized he actually had very little drive to live. Both my grandfathers lived past their expiration date, as they were kept alive by artificial means for an extra 5-10 years. But once those pacemakers were installed, it was easier to keep them running than to turn them off. Conservative care is much kinder for old people than modern medicine. Since doctors don't have to care about cost, it's easy to use any measure to keep their patient alive, even when it's not very appropriate.

by jazoom 8y ago

maxxxxx 8y ago

I agree this is very difficult. But saying "Also, what if a new treatment for some of her conditions arise within a few years? " is not fair to the person who is suffering at the moment. After seeing some old people have miserable lives during their last few years I think we should give people the option to leave life in diginity if they want to.

jazoom 8y ago
is not fair to the person who is suffering at the moment No, it's not fair. I don't have a good answer. After seeing some old people have miserable lives during their last few years Absolutely. Some people suffer terribly at the end of their lives. This is the type of euthanasia I support.
taxicabjesus 8y ago
> After seeing some old people have miserable lives during their last few years I think we should give people the option to leave life in diginity if they want to. In my way of thinking, a person is not "old" until they have lived past their "expiration date". Everyone reaches their expiration date at a different time. One woman told me she immediately thought of her first husband when the idea of people having expiration dates came up: he'd died from getting electrocuted while working on a ceiling fan. At the time they had young kids and losing her husband was traumatic, but retrospectively she realized he actually had very little drive to live. Both my grandfathers lived past their expiration date, as they were kept alive by artificial means for an extra 5-10 years. But once those pacemakers were installed, it was easier to keep them running than to turn them off. Conservative care is much kinder for old people than modern medicine. Since doctors don't have to care about cost, it's easy to use any measure to keep their patient alive, even when it's not very appropriate.