[cherry]

in the very deep dark hearts of the hopeless is "hope"....they dare not say it, but its there....

they HOPE....

I still feel my mother, over 80, with cancer, wanted to believe that she could make it..

..sadly, she, they, whoever...encouraged her to go on Hospice, which just let her lanquish, alive, but not treated...a slow death without any hope... IMO....

I wish we had given her the gift of hope....

[MeshugeMikey]

Dr. Byock, with reference to the Brittany Maynard story stated on PBS Newshour that:

My heart goes out to Brittany Maynard. It’s a heart-wrenching story. But I want to assure … people watching that she could get excellent whole person care and be assured of dying gently in her bed surrounded by her family.

It’s ironic that we know how to give extremely good care, not only comprehensive medical care, but tender, loving care. But … as the Institute of Medicine report shows, we’re just not doing it in this country. And it really is a national disgrace.

And giving doctors now authority to write lethal prescriptions fixes really nothing, none of the deficiencies in practice or medical training. It’s really a socially dangerous thing to do.

http://tinyurl.com/l5xeceo

[workerbee]

I’m so sorry.