The good Father misses the point. If we can get the euthanasia ball rolling steadily downhill, pretty soon we can have state-sponsored euthanasia, to which Oregon, for example, is inching ever closer. Then just imagine the possibilities for the government. Administrative euthanasia. Political euthanasia. Organ donor euthanasia. Estate tax euthanasia. To say nothing of the fact that it is tailor made for ghouls like the killing judge in Pinellas County, george greer.
You are sooooooo wrong about Oregon!
The vast majority of patients who have the "option" of ending their life, do NOT choose to do so....like over 95%.
Yet, they report they are much less stressed and fearful just because the option is there.
No.....the author is way wrong. Morphine does very very often NOT alleviate pain while maintaining consciousness. that is such BS. At least be honest and say, well, if they suffer, they suffer.
As for the "relationship mending " theory....maybe that works for a short while while the patient is still conscious and feeling fairly well. After that...not. Lets just be honest in the discussion and not sugar coat it with all this stuff about terminal patients ALL don't have a lower quality of life.
Nice theories until you see the realities.
My old tagline included his name. Schiavo, Greer, Felos--a satanic triumverate.
Since you mentioned this, you surely know that donations of organs from the living are superior to those from cadavers. It seems to me that a strong moral argument could be made for the person who wishes to die to be allowed to do so so that his/her vital organs can be quickly transferred to those to whom they would give meaningful life.