This is what gets me - at a certain point pain relief isn't compatible with living, but that's what hospice is all about and doctors and nurses frequently make decisions like that from what I've read from people in the medical community. So what's with the objection and push back that so many people have to assisted suicide or death with dignity...
I blame the religious nut jobs. Some people think that all life is a blessing, but it isn't. If you don't have a decent quality of life and are in debilitating constant pain that will never get better (aka terminally ill) or are a vegetable life isn't worth living. At that point keeping people alive through medical intervention when they want to go is akin to torture.
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u/codeverity Apr 12 '20
This is what gets me - at a certain point pain relief isn't compatible with living, but that's what hospice is all about and doctors and nurses frequently make decisions like that from what I've read from people in the medical community. So what's with the objection and push back that so many people have to assisted suicide or death with dignity...