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When you are dying of stage 4 cancer like my mother was there should be an option. Instead she received a six month prescription for liquid morphine, and they
by snarfy 6y ago
When you are dying of stage 4 cancer like my mother was there should be an option. Instead she received a six month prescription for liquid morphine, and they were kind enough to give her the entire bottle without requiring her to get refills.
You shouldn't have to off yourself, yet here we are.
- deepersprout 6y agoSo she got the choice. Even if it was given to her in a non offical way.
- GordonS 6y agoAs-is, it's a very dangerous "choice" though. If you were to help someone who was unable to do it themselves, you could do down for a very long time. For Spain in particular, the article states: > Before the law's passage, helping somebody to die in Spain was potentially punishable by a jail term of up to 10 years.
- kaoD 6y agoHere's an actual case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_Sampedro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_Sampedro > Ramón Sampedro Cameán (5 January 1943 – 12 January 1998) was a Spanish seaman and writer. Sampedro became a quadriplegic at the age of 25 (on 23 August 1968), following a diving accident, and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the following 29 years. > ... > Sampedro died on Monday 12 January 1998 in Boiro, Spain, from potassium cyanide poisoning.[2] Several days later, his close friend Ramona Maneiro was arrested and charged with assisting his suicide. Sampedro had divided the elements required to complete his suicide into individual tasks, each small enough that no single person could be convicted of assisting the suicide process entirely. Maneiro was released due to lack of evidence. No further charges were ever filed in connection with Sampedro's death. Amenábar (from The Others) depicted the events in a movie (not sure if known outside of Spain). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Inside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Inside
- coldtea 6y ago>When you are dying of stage 4 cancer like my mother was there should be an option Yes. When you have something less that should be treatable under good-ole socialized healthcare, but neo-liberal policies have privatized it, it shouldn't be encouraged to "not be a burden" or because they just wont treat you, though, and I'm pretty sure that will be the case...