..they have a terminal illness and they have a week to live, so they get a newfound appreciation for life? Its extreme but wouldnt it be better than pumping that person full of drugs with harmful side-effects or going through years of therapy? A week or two after thinking they're going to die the doctor can just say he mixed up the results.
2007-09-02 08:38:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
as crazy as your idea sounds... I could see it working for some people because they get that whole "oh no, I might die and now I should live life as fully as I can" thing... however, some of them may feel differently about the "week to live" thing and just kill themselves because they figure they're already so miserable and their life will end soon anyways, so why not end it sooner. it's a double-edged sword... you never know how someone my interpret things...
2007-09-02 08:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by That Girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting point, but I think that for some of them it wouldn't make a difference, they'd just become more depressed. Also once they knew it was all a lie they might go back to their usual selves. Also if this became a habit and widely known then people who went to the doctor would wonder whether they actually did have a terminal illness or whether it was just the doctor trying to get them to have a newfound appreciation of life. It could work for some people, but not others.
2007-09-02 08:43:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nice try, but after the week was up the person would be a wee bit perturbed at finding their emotional pain still ruling their existence. And yes, that is the way it works. It can't be explained to someone who doesn't go though this.
2007-09-02 08:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by gldnsilnc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It'd be en extreme measure and patients would probably be very angry at the doctor. It sounds quite logical, though. Some patients would be so grateful that they would do nothing about it but I suddenly feel a rush of lawsuits on their way.
2007-09-02 09:23:15 · answer #4 · answered by Der weiße Hexenmeister 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that wouldnt help someone whos depressed or w/ any mental illness. They would just spiral into more depression. Plus that is cruel. If it does help, they will have to deal and perhaps except their own mortality, which isnt something great to thik about when you have some much time left.
2007-09-02 08:42:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm...you know that doctors take an oath so they are not allowed to lie or mix up results. and they wouldn't find a new appreciation for life...they might actually die because they are convinced they will....depression isn't sth to play with....
2007-09-02 08:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by Prunella Prunella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OF course not, if someone is cronically depressed that would push them over edge and they would wind up killing themselves. I use to work for a mental health Dr. and it is so sad to see what people go through and it is not even their fault. I have known people who were so distraught they killed themselves and the Dr. was so up set.
You would also wind up being sued for malpractice.
2007-09-02 08:45:28 · answer #7 · answered by iamhappyfourme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh that's strange... Beside isn't the years of therapy and selling drugs how the medical field make so much money?
2007-09-02 08:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it up with a doctor. if the person is really depressed, they may be relieved that they don't have to off themselves on there own by painful means. then when the results get "messed up", they into depression overload, seeing as how their dreams of a early death have been shattered. double whammie..
2007-09-02 08:42:25 · answer #9 · answered by waddlin' along 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wouldn't really work.... If people are depressed, they wouldn't think "Wow! I have to get over my depression and start living now!", they would think: "God, why is this happening to me? WHYYY??" And get even more depressed!
2007-09-02 08:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by Dan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋