If one of your dear ones was dying from cancer...?

Question

would you choose mercy killing for him/her?

My friend's sister was one of the most beautiful human being I have ever seen. She had cancer. You couldn't enter the house - it stinked so much. My brother, whom I never saw break down asked somebody to kill her. Suddenly you wished she was dead. You wanted to see her as the beautiful self she had always been...

Answer 1

That is one of the hardest questions to ask. If someone has not been through it, either as the sick party or as the companion, it's pretty hard to even begin to understand the issues. I think from a purely ethical stance, only the sick party could make that decision (if they had cancer, then presumably they would be able to communicate their wishes long before they were to pass away naturally). So no, you should not choose life or death for someone who has their own rights.

Answer 2

Sometimes I do wish there was an easier way to go especially, when there is unbearable pain involved. When it comes to animal suffering there is euthanasia. With humans we medicate, medicate and medicate some more. I think it's deemed inhumane to euthanize a person but, I think that there should be an option that a dying individual can put into a living will. We have the option to be resuscitated or not. I should have the option to die peacefully, and leave my family without the horrible images of what death can be like.

Answer 3

I honestly wouldn't. First of all, we are in no position to take someone's life away. I can understand that suffering is something you don't want to find yourself in, but I would try to make the person as comfortable as I can with medication, regardless how much it'll cost me. If the person was on life support, meaning being in a vegetated state, and the person signed a written consent or verbally said that he/she prefers not to be on life support, then that's a different situation.

Answer 4

Not until the pain is really really bad and they are no longer there. There comes a point with cancer where the person might physically be in front of you, but they are long gone. At that point, the extra morphine tab under the tongue isn't that bad...
I also knew a girl who had a brain tumor and she took an overdose of her pain meds because she had discussed this with her family beforehand, they were OK with it, she didnt want to suffer and didnt want them to be burdened and there was no cure in sight.
the cops wanted to prosecute the family for "knowledge beforehand"....nothing happened.

Answer 5

thou shall not kill, and u never mention the wants and wishes of the person with cancer? just think it is wrong because tomorrow might bring a cure for the type of cancer your loved one is suffering from, and then how bad would u feel about that?

Answer 6

NO!!!!!! Especially since it is their life and not your choice. You need some help, get involved in a caretaker support group, reach out to family and friends. I would be supportive of my loved one and try to be there emotionally and physically for them, but I would need to take care of my own needs too, especially the emotional ones and get some rest. You don't have the right to decide when someone else's life is over.

Answer 7

After watching my father die from cancer, yes, I would have allowed him to say "It is time". But some people, no matter how much they suffer, prefer to hold on till it's 'time'.

Answer 8

My mother DOES have cancer and if that was her wish and she was in unbearable pain, I would try and make sure she got what she wanted.

Answer 9

Yes I did. But the medics refused.

Answer 10

i would never kill them. but i praise the moments she will stay with me if she is a ddear one! if she is a dear one obviously i would not like to kill her