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We allow termination at the start of a life, so strange that it is not allowed at the end of a life. I agree with the pasted comment, we need to make strides i
by cutthegrass2 6y ago
We allow termination at the start of a life, so strange that it is not allowed at the end of a life.
I agree with the pasted comment, we need to make strides in allowing the right to die.
- sokoloff 6y agoI think we literally treat our pet dogs with more dignity and compassion than we do our relatives in terms of end-of-life care and decisions. I watched my grandfather decline over several years before finally dying of Alzheimers/related. His wife had a much longer and mostly happy time in the assisted living facility, followed by a relatively quick period of dying subsequent to a fall and complications from it. Her experience was 1000x more preferable in my estimation. His experience was agonizing for all involved, perhaps most distressingly for him. I don't know when the right time is to decide "today is the last day" for a family member (or yourself), but I'm quite sure that the answer should not be "at the latest possible date that modern medicine can enable".