assisted suicide? For the doctors floating through here, would you assist in a suicide should any state you are practicing in allow it?
2007-06-01 11:21:56 · 8 answers · asked by Lexy 6 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Only answer if you Do in fact work in the medical field.
2007-06-01 11:30:11 · update #1
I agree. I myself would not consider a life in a vegetative state, senile and incontinent good quality of life. I would not want family to remember my last days as someone else from the person they have known all their life. I hope that when I do die, I am still who I am today,I know who everyone is, I can go to the bathroom on my own and would not need assistance to do normal everyday things. If I were to be otherwise, Iwould want someone to help me escape that.
2007-06-01 11:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well its procedure in my country,when a terminaly ill patient with few hours of life left, gets assisted with morphine untill he or she passes away in comfartble manner. On the other hand i have been told in that in other countries they do not increase the dose of morphine for cancer patients withe few hours of life left, and that the patient could be screaming and suffering in agony asking for simply a small amount of dignity. But since it is against the law they cannot be assisted in any way.
Personaly i havent taken the vow yet, but i do believe it says that as health care providers we will not bring harm to anyone, in this situation its a kinfe with no handle, if the patient is hours away from death and if the illness is painful to bear i think the best thing to do is waste less money and time and put the patient to sleep.
2007-06-01 19:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe in quanity vs. quality.
I am not positively set either way but I have seen many patients suffer and sometimes you feel that they are just waiting out the time in misery.
My own father died 4 yrs ago from esophagel cancer and I was revealed that he went in two weeks from being dx. I sat with him all day and administered his morphin q4 until he pasted.
This past week I have suffered with my mom that fell and had a shoulder dislocation and left fracture in the humerus. It has been very difficult because these are not her only aliments.
Over the past 8 years of being a nurse I have noticed that I shut a lot of emotion out and I do things more as routine and have less compation
2007-06-08 00:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by blazergirlblazergirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doctors should only be concerned with preserving life and easing pain not taking life. You wouldn't want a suicide doctor doing a major operation on you, would you?
I know a lot about pain, but assisted suicide should be legal only for friends or family members EXCEPT doctors. There should be a legal procedure for aiding someone in a painless death.
2007-06-01 18:28:56 · answer #4 · answered by wisemancumth 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hi Lexy,
I am a hospice nurse. I have sat by a pts bed and given them morphine as ordered until they passed away with dignity and in comfort. We have assisted suicide we just don't like to call it that.
2007-06-01 19:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by Only hell mama ever raised 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe it should be legalized. I've worked in hospitals for over 20 years, and seen some pretty horrendous suffering.
2007-06-01 18:28:31 · answer #6 · answered by cynical1963 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
absolutely, I believe strongly in a person's right to die with some dignity.
2007-06-01 18:25:15 · answer #7 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it should be legal... but then again some people may take advantage..
2007-06-08 12:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by ~browneyedgrl~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋