Re: NEWS: Zika Virus: Re-examing Euthanasia
by Serpent on September 19th, 2016, 1:54 pm
Who's "we"? Some nations have better health facilities and access than others.
I have no argument with euthanasia, btw. The AMA, and probably other doctor's organizations have enshrined and internalized the attitude of their patron saint, so they can't be objective, any more than regular people. Plus, they have all the same fear of abuse and retribution - paranoia - that lawyers have. A doctor is supposed to save life at any cost, and is never allowed to take a life, under any circumstances.
Of course, a lot of doctors and nurses do, and always have, assisted people to an easier and less painful death, but it's been a deep dark secret. A lot of midwives have either not forced a baby to breathe or actually left it under the bath-water a bit longer, when the baby was obviously not fit to live, and that's another secret. Medical professionals have, for a long time, routinely prescribed sleeping aids to terminal patients or left the morphine dosage up to the next of kin, and didn't inquire too closely how the medication was used, but that, too, is secret. If we're not lucky enough to have a doctor who has the conscience - and too the oath - of a veterinarian, we have to find less convenient final exit.