To: Peach; maine-iac7
maine-iac7:
doctor's have said the opposite - that 9 out of 10 who previously had a living will - when actually in that situation - change their minds. Peach: I'll wait while you provide a link. That is contrary to everything I've heard and read.
Study: Most Change Mind About Assisted Suicide (7/3/2002) Nearly 90% of people who ask their doctors to help them kill themselves later change their minds, US researchers report.
http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=4563 <-- Link
642 posted on
04/14/2005 4:11:42 PM PDT by
Cboldt
To: Cboldt
I think a lot of us are talking at cross purposes here.
When I have said I've stood at the bedside of people being kept alive with tubes or machines, they were ALREADY in that state. Not people who may be approaching that state.
People who have had severe, irreversible strokes and don't have cognitive abilities and are kept alive artificially, etc. BIG, HUGE, difference from what was written in that article and link.
It's like comparing apples and oranges.
645 posted on
04/14/2005 4:15:10 PM PDT by
Peach
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