I know several people who are annoyed that their aging parents are ‘spending my inheritance’ on medical care.
How long before mom is expected to ‘just die’ so the kids can have Disney vacations?
No country or U.S. state that has legalized physician-assisted suicide has required the doctor to be trained to diagnose clinical depression or other conditions which would nullify legal "choice." Neither do they have training to detect unethical family influence, e.g. heirs ("Grandma, we don't want you to linger in loneliness and pain. When you die you'll be in a better place.")
Where there's a *will,* there's a way ..... :o\ The ethical duty of the health care provider is to provide for your health.
And nobody is "healthier" dead.
“I know several people who are annoyed that their aging parents are ‘spending my inheritance’ on medical care.”
That’s horrible.
One of the greatest “gifts” our parents gave us, was our parents managing THEIR money well enough to cover their costs thru their final years. This situation transpired pretty much concurrently with my parents and the wife’s parents. The children knew we were in it for the long haul, and whatever it cost...it cost. We (the kids) would’ve gone into our own pockets if the need had arisen, but luckily it didn’t.
Yes, there was some inheritance left over after all was said and done, but you know where those funds went? Into investments so we can pass on the same “gift” to our children.
“Right to Die” very quickly becomes “Duty to Die.”