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Theses headlines are always sensationalist, because it sounds like these deaths are avoidable. To be clear, all of these people were going to die within days,
by grecy 2y ago
Theses headlines are always sensationalist, because it sounds like these deaths are avoidable.
To be clear, all of these people were going to die within days, weeks, or at most a few months.
Death is certain. Dignity at the end is the least we can ask for.
- briansm 2y ago'pain-free' and 'organized' perhaps, but don't fool yourself, it's never 'dignified'. Makes me think of this: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0606035/quotes/?ref_=tt_dyk_qu https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0606035/quotes/?ref_=tt_dyk_qu
- fatbird 2y agoI've rarely seen a less convincing argument than a quote from a TV show. "Dignity" means different things to different people--such as "on my own terms". Your pithy dismissal doesn't capture any of that.
- wiseowise 2y agoMakes you think of narcissistic, cynic addict with problematic personal life?
- myth_drannon 2y agoPer my understanding, some deaths could have been avoided if not for the collapsed medical system in Canada. So if the person reaches the stage of advanced cancer because lack of care and is offered MAID first before getting cancer treatment, was it avoidable?
- BeefWellington 2y agoJust exactly which medical system has collapsed? Things need improvement but perhaps you aren't aware there's like 12 different medical systems up here...
- myth_drannon 2y agoDoesn't matter, one country with multiple barely functioning systems. Median wait time of 30 weeks from referral to seeing a specialist [1]? [1] https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-medical-wait-times-in-canada-are-now-the-longest-ever-recorded https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-medical-...
- refurb 2y agoWe're all going to die "eventually". That's not exactly a convincing argument.