According to the dictionary euthanasia is the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy. Was my Grandmothers death as described in the post 26 May 2008 death by euthanasia? Yes! It could even be considered as murder.
I am sure the doctor would say in his defense that since she was unable to feed herself that by not feeding her it was death by natural causes. That is a lot of baloney! I had at least one doctor who regarded her condition as not being terminal and how do you determine that? Do we determine a terminal illness by one doctor? Give me a break! Who is this doctor that determines life or death, God? Another issue is how good is this doctor and is the doctor in charge the best we can do before classifying him or her as terminal? Choosing doctors is like trying the lottery. If a patient is declared terminal, what is the best path? Do we have a mercy killing by starving them to death and allowing them to die of phenomena like my Grandmother or do we allow the cancer take its course and which will end up having the patient screaming bloody murder, “Please let me die”? When the doctor declares the patient terminal, do we allow the family, who sometimes stand to gain millions, make this life or death decision? Why not allow the patient, as long as are in sound mind, determine method of dying such as starving them to death and allowing them to die of pneumonia while they are lying in their own feces or taking a pill which puts them to sleep? Again, I ask the question, how do you want to die; because chances are more than 50/50 in time it will happen to you?
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