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This is absolutely the primary non-religious argument against euthanasia, and it's a serious one; what happens to the priorities of a healthcare system that "pr
by unfocussed_mike 5y ago
This is absolutely the primary non-religious argument against euthanasia, and it's a serious one; what happens to the priorities of a healthcare system that "prices in" assisted dying?
Discussions like this have even happened around the Liverpool Care Pathway in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Care_Pathway_for_the_Dying_Patient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Care_Pathway_for_the...
I don't really know how I feel about it, except to say that my once-strong certainty that I (as someone with no dependents) would choose such a route has been softened by witnessing the astonishing care and dedication in end-of-life care even in a very overstretched NHS.
I just don't think it's fair to suggest that there is a European end-of-life-care industry that would "astroturf" this discussion; those are not the ways in which it operates.