Your thoughts on Human Euthanasia?!


Question: Your thoughts on Human Euthanasia!?
Hiya, after reading an article on the topic, it got me thinking!.!.!.!. Do you think that terminally ill people should be given the right, to choose when they want to go!?

My personal opinion would be: YES!.!.!. If I had a disease that I knew I couldnt beat, then I would want to have that option, before it got to the point, where I would have to rely on my family or carers to bathe me, feed me and wipe my a$$ for me on a daily basis!.!.!. And yes I do realise that legally it cannot be done!.!.!.

Please share your thoughts!.!.!. Thank youWww@Answer-Health@Com


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I do believe that euthanasia should be legalized, but I also realize that there is a lot of potential for abuse!.!.!. Abuse from greedy family members who want grandpa to move on for the inheritance, abuse from hospital administrators who want to free up a bed for someone with better insurance, abuse from insurance companies who want to save some money, etc!.

Consequently, any euthanasia law that I could support would have to include the following measures:

1!. The patient would have to have a clearly defined living will stating his/her preferences for when/how to be euthanized!.
2!. An official statement from a doctor saying the patient had xx months to live!.!.!. in other words he/she was terminal!. The exact number of months is open to discussion, but I'd say 3-6 would be about right!.
3!. The patient would receive a complete consultation on OTHER alternatives to euthanasia, i!.e!., pain control, hospice care, etc!.
4!. If there was a possibility of mental depression causing the desire for early death, the patient receive a mental health consultation!.!.!. since he/she may feel differently after the depression is treated!.
5!. That a TEAM of health care professionals along with the family be involved in the final decision so that one person with an agenda could not overly influence the decision!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I know I am going to cop a lot of negative emails about this, but here goes!.

I believe that Euthanasia should be legalised, of course with the strictest regulations ie multiple dr's statements, multiple counselling sessions for the patient and the family, and it must be done under supervision of a specialist trained in this area!.
Phillip Nitschke was successful in getting the first ever Euthanasia law passed in the Northern Territory, Australia!. Unfortunately our Federal Government had way to many religious heavy weights and had the law revoked!. It is such a shame, he really did a great job in providing people with terminal illness the tools and the confidence to die with dignity!
I have personally witnessed the horrific deaths of people with terminal illness's, it broke my heart to see these people who I loved and enjoyed for so long, suffering so horribly in their last few days of life! We have all the rights under the sun, yet we don't have the right to choose how we die!.!.!.sad!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Without a doubt!. Yes, there are issues with this, but we, as a society, should be collectively intelligent enough to make workable laws that give us the right to chose to die!. As healthy people we can end our life at any moment, if we want, but when we are sick, dying a slow horrid death we are drugged to the eyeballs (which doesn't always deal with pain - I've personally seen that) and left to suffer!.
We call it 'humane' to put a suffering animal out of it's misery, but we make humans suffer pain and humiliation beyond imagining just because some people think that human life is sacred and that only their 'god' can choose the time of their death!. Palliative care only extends the pain and suffering of dying!.
Euthanasia should be the choice of the individual as should palliative care if that's what a person believes in!.
We, supposedly, have free will to decide what we do with our lives - we should be able to choose how we die if we want!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

There are worse things than death!.
People have the right to pass with dignity and without terrible, tortuous pain!.
Everyone has covered the legal and possible abuse issues, so I'm just writing my personal opinion, that applies to my wishes only!.
If it ever comes down to that for me, and I can't do it myself, I fully expect my kid or hubby to find someway to release me!. Otherwise they know when I finally do pass I am going to haunt their sorry bums for decades! lol!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Personally, if I was a vegatable and is dependant upon someone else, pull the plug!. But that's just me!. Some others might want to be medically dependant on others and there's nothing wrong with that either!. Maybe they want to see their grandchildren finish college or something to that effect!. To me, it's like the abortion issue: it's a choice!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

if they have a terminal illness and are in pain then i believe they shoudl be able to make that choice!.
However, making euthanasia legal will bring up a host of other issues, which would complicate the legal system even more!.
Controlling the use and supply euthanasia drugs would be diffucult, keeping them away from criminals etc!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I completely agree with you!. Not only would I not want to have to depend so fully on others just to get through the mundane tasks of day-to-day life, it would most likely be a pretty painful end!. You already know you're going to lose your life, but you don't want to lose your dignity at the same time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

YES

ITS THEIR CHOICE!

why shouldn't we!?

we allow people to commit suicide!. well they commit it anyway!. but if someone is incapable of doing it themselves, euthanasia should be enforced!.

my view on the situation and my view wins!.

Religious Eduation SUCKSWww@Answer-Health@Com

I believe that if we have the right to live then we should have the right to die!. I don' t understand why euthanasia hasn't been legalised internationally!. I think its so stupid to let people suffer!. If they want to do die, then why not!?!Www@Answer-Health@Com

No, I think that it is open to abuse, and it's up to God to take you when he wants you!. It might be the only way you earn your way to heaven!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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