Posted by Ted on August 7, 2001, at 10:57:20
In reply to Re: suicides-Netherlands assisted? » dreamer, posted by kazoo on August 7, 2001, at 1:39:07
kazoo & Dreamer,
> > Read that some doctors [was old web page]in Netherlands were helping to assist patients who were treatment resistant and severely depressed to die.
I have to say I am somewhere in the middle of this controversy. I do not support extending one's pain and suffering -- that is inhumane. However, I also do not support euthanasia until it is the last choice.
In the case of the terminally ill, yes, I do support euthanasia when the quality of life has reached zero. I have a close friend who is living in a hospice, dying of terminal cancer. He is keep pain-free, gets all the help with living he could ever want, has an internet connection & notebook computer, and is really enjoying his last weeks. He actually looks better now than he did before he entered the hospice. Yet, he says he is ready to die.
Ted
PS: btw, kazoo, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, ADHD, etc., _ARE_ *organic* diseases just like AIDS, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, etc.
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