2006-08-26 04:24:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nea, for I was given my remaining time for a reason, and it would be my destiny to find that reason.
2006-08-26 04:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by Tofu Jesus 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Very good question, Jim. As you know me, first I would pray on the situation, but would not, per se, pull the plug on myself. If I had basically zero chance of recovery, I would cast aside any medication or treatment other than for pain management, and I would ask my friends and family to take me to a calm house on an empty beach and be allowed to die peacefully. If I were to become brain-dead, I would ask that my loved ones pull the plug; I would basically have a DNR.
2006-08-26 15:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ Luveniar♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before modern machines that can keep a person breathing, people died at their time. I think everything should be done to relieve pain and not worry if it might cause the death of an already critical patient. I would personally want the plug pulled. If you can't survive without medical intervention, I think it should be up to the patient or the family if the patient can't respond.
2006-08-26 11:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by jackie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a time before modern technology when human beings were allowed to die with some semblance of dignity and when they were ready to go. Machines have changed all that and we now keep people alive well beyond their time. Knowing it is not suicide, the patient is usually ready to go away from all the pain of life anyway.
2006-08-26 11:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by jmmevolve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely yes, The pain on the family during the long struggle of hope and disappointment only to succumb to the inevitable is not how I want to be remembered.
2006-08-26 11:35:14 · answer #5 · answered by tman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, so that I would no longer be a financial burden to loved ones, and so that they would not need to see me suffer. Also, given the limited nature of health care resources, I would allow those resources to go to someone else who may benefit more from it than me.
2006-08-26 11:36:47 · answer #6 · answered by phaedra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, why make your loved ones go through the pain of watching you being ill? They need to go on with their lives.
2006-08-26 11:28:59 · answer #7 · answered by Abby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I know I don't want to be a burden to others and I have a living will to instruct others when I'm not capable of making a decision but the deep down honest fact of it is, if it were left up to me to do it myself I don't know if I would have the guts to.
2006-08-26 11:33:02 · answer #8 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though the thought would probably go through my mind more than I would like it to...the answer is no. The commandment of "Thou shalt not murder" comes to mind on this. It means not to even murder ourselves. Because then when we break this commandment, we wind up breaking all the others as well.
2006-08-26 12:46:37 · answer #9 · answered by Bible Trekker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely YES !!!
There's no point lingering around if there is no chance of recovery. It just would put my family through to much pain to see me linger. And I'm not afraid to die, because I know where I'm going when I die --- HOME
2006-08-26 11:30:53 · answer #10 · answered by Mentor Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have a living-will
2006-08-26 11:29:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋