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Do the Terminally Ill Have a Right to Die?
Be sure you have a living will in place
Or else you might not receive your "right to die" that so belongs to you. That's the part of the problem with modern medicine.
I have specified in my advanced directive (aka "living will") that I'm not to receive CPR, Life Support, Blood Transfusion, Feeding Tubes, Breathing Machines, etc.
In a nutshell...if something happens to me that will result in my death or result in a low quality of life afterward, my living will ensures my right to die to prevent prolonged suffering.
- bagpiper2005
January 26, 2009 4:24PM
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Re: Be sure you have a living will in place
Accidents happen.
Are you saying that if you..lets say..start drowning at the city pool.. that you do not want to be rescued? You taking in so much water would enable some one to perform CPR on you. If someone saved your life by doing this I don't think you will "result in a low quality life" afterwards. What are you going to do? Sue them for saving you? Are you going to go to court and say [in my "living will" I specifically said not to give me CPR therefore arrest this person, I should be dead right now.] (To me this just doesn't make since)
- Keri
February 11, 2009 10:29PM
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On the same token...
All it takes is 4 minutes of being oxygen deprived for the brain to become damaged. Life with any degree of brain damage would not be worth living. If I was rescued, survived, and had even the slightest bit of brain damage, would I sue? No. That wouldn't be worth it. I'd just blow my brains out. Same result as if I had died in the pool.
- bagpiper2005
February 12, 2009 11:08AM
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