Posted on 06/30/2011 8:59:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Dementia sufferers are being killed by doctors in Holland under the country’s euthanasia laws, official figures are to reveal.
A total of 21 patients with early-stage dementia, including Alzheimer’s, died by lethal injection last year, according to a forthcoming annual report.
This is the first time dementia sufferers have been included in the country’s euthanasia statistics.
None of the cases is thought to have involved any illegal act on the part of health professionals, and each time the patient was considered capable of giving their consent.
But the figures have caused alarm among critics who say the pool of patients who qualify for euthanasia in the Netherlands is expanding.
The figures, which are due to be formally released later in the summer, were leaked on NOS, the state television news channel
The NOS report included video footage of Alzheimer’s sufferer Guusje de Koning, 63, explaining to her children why she wanted to die at the hands of her doctor.
She said she had witnessed her own father’s slow decline and death through the illness, adding: ‘I don’t want that. I don’t want to suffer.’
Euthanasia advocates are using her story to promote the idea that euthanasia for dementia sufferers is a suitable way to avoid suffering and the expensive healthcare.
A series of public meetings have been held over the last year to encourage the elderly to learn about their ‘right’ to die, even if they are in good health but afraid of what might happen if they are diagnosed with dementia in the future.
But the practice of assisted suicide for dementia patients remains controversial. While some 95 per cent of Holland’s population support the country’s euthanasia laws, only 33 per cent of Dutch doctors agree with offering lethal injections to dementia sufferers.
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My pleasure, friend.
When my Father had his stroke and was paralyzed and unable to talk I watched tears run from his eyes as the medical staff talked about his condition in front of him like he was not there. They kept him on life support for 2 weeks, despite his living will asking for no heroics, until they had exhausted his medical benefits and then let him die from kidney failure 7 hours
Stroke patients are the lab rats of medicine. Good health coverage makes them more desirable. No one who is dying should be in a teaching hospital. The litle local hosptial, the nursing home or ones own homes are the places to be when dying.
I agree that realistic expectations are important.
But to expect others to kill you...is obscene.
Most impaired and bedridden would die quickly of pnemonia if not treated.
With FR around, no one should worry about the loss of ozone in the atmosphere.
what was this one named?
Sssnifffff, ah yes, the ozone in the air here is very healthful now that Deo has cleaned up the troll guts and ashes.
the worst thing you can do if you are sick and dying is turning someone else into a killer.
He or she was TxDas.
If I remember to include him or her, LOL!, the ZOTee is the first person in the To: list on my lightning post.
Think of all the people put out of work because all those meals aren't prepared anymore.
That’s why utilitarians have to do careful balance sheets before deciding what’s right and what’s wrong.
If people with dementia in their millions were automatic Democrat votes, then the MSM would wax lyrical of the inestimable value of every life, and urge for the most stringent of protections.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 19:23
Putting money before life...Shame on you.
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Much better now though...
With a hint of burning rubber. It was nasty.
Oh yes, plus a small sniff of rotten egg too. It was just foul.
Can you not see the difference between extending life by artificial means and taking a life through a deliberate action?
And sulphur! EWE!!!
Oh, so that’s what that bad stink was. Phew.
Stinky all gone. It’s a fresh new day. Sunshine and gardenias!
Can you not see the difference between extending life by artificial means and taking a life through a deliberate action?
I pointed out that those were two ends of the spectrum and there were other alternatives but no, he refused to address any reasonable points or questions.
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