2007-09-27 02:44:18 · 8 answers · asked by xXxBaBiGaLxXx 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
As a Nurse who has studied paliative care and looked after people in their end stages of life, I do whole heartly agree with it if there IS NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.
But as a Nurse, in paliative care we can not prolong or hasten death. Just to do all we can to ensure the patient has a good death.
So if a patient asks to die and if we can help them we legally, ethically and morally have to say no.
But for anyone who has never seen anyone who is terminally ill dying and says it's wrong for them to end their suffering. Go and see what happens to this person.
You can not experience their unrelenting, inretractable, barely able to be kept under control pain. Nor can you experience the humiliation of loosing bowel and bladder control. Something we take as well people for granted.
Come see how they have to wear adult nappies to prevent spillage everywhere.
But come and see them cry in pain and frustration at not being able to toilet themselves. Shower, feed, groom, dress themselves, or change positions when uncomfortable.
Come see all their teeth falling out with us giving mouth toilets to ease the dryness and nausea that comes with this.
Come hold their head as they vomit through pain, end stage of life, and medications.
Come wipe their mouths as they dribble constantly unable to swallow their saliva.
Come see their eyes seep puss.
Come see them refuse to eat and drink. fading away to skeletons.
Come see how they deal with the agony of simply being moved, such as turned over in bed to releave the pressure sores that develop because of their skin breaking down.
Come see and find out this is THE WELL patients in paliative care who have weeks or even months to live in this state.
Come see and open your eyes and ears. See the torture they live 24/7. And then stand the AND TELL THEM they have no right to chose how and when they die.
Maybe then these anti-euthanasia fanatics might change their minds. Maybe not.
I do agree with it but I can not obligue their request in any way. In fact I am legally obligated to do everything in my power to prevent them ending their suffering.
This I struggle with. And will end my life before it get's to this if I ever find out I am terminally ill.
2007-09-27 03:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by I do care! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that if a person is mentally capable, they should be able to decide to die if they have a terminal illness. We will put a pet to sleep to prevent their suffering, but as people we don't have that option. I wish our society was open minded enough to allow responsible individuals to make decisions about their own treatment. Personally, I have cared for terminal family members and professionally as a nurse I have taken care of many terminally ill individuals.
2007-09-27 10:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by rosemary H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting question I must say. I feel that If a human being is terminally ill and if he can still think clearly and his mind is still all there then YES!
2007-09-27 09:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Michael Jackson 1958 - FOREVER 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-09-27 09:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a persons own decision so yes. If you are in a lot of pain and know you have no chance to recover, then why not? If it was a friend of mine or family I would probably try and talk them out of it, but it's not really my or anyone elses decision to make.
2007-09-27 09:52:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-09-27 09:51:50 · answer #6 · answered by life is good 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO
because it opens the floodgates for euthaniasia under other circumstances too
not only that but God decided when life ends and not us.
2007-09-27 10:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by jambutty 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You make it sound like your are putting a dog to sleep.
Who gave the patient life? That same person is the one who has the right to take that life.
2007-09-27 10:08:25 · answer #8 · answered by Laredo 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋