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The lottery in which we all participate : Comments
By Geoff Wall, published 27/3/2013You might have a peaceful death, but then again, maybe not.
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I have directed that should I suffer a stroke, no matter how slight, I am not to be resuscitated. I am sure that many others feel the same way. In this case, public taxes would be saved. However, this is not the reason for my decision. Perhaps such decisions would balance out costs to the taxpayer of those needing care. I do not know.
I am curious. What do you believe? Should one put one's own directives in place, or leave it to others to decide for you?
My son-in-law is a Haematologist. Whilst he has encountered family members who want more than heroic measures to save a patient, he has also encountered those who desire treatment to cease although it was not in the patient's interest to do so. In other words, to unnecessarily hasten death.