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Ease their pain: don't help them die : Comments
By Katrina George, published 5/5/2005Katrina George argues against voluntary euthanasia and self sacrifice by women.
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My 97 Y.O. grandmother developed pneumonia and was hospitalised, she insisted that the life support system be removed, said good bye to my mother, aunt and uncle and went peacefully on her terms. Not because she was a woman but because she was a vital independant human being.
2nd story, my father (an alcoholic, age 53), collapsed at the dinner table after his evening meal. The locum declared that dad had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage - he delayed the calling of an ambulance, after about 15 minutes the doctor called an ambulance and when it arrived confered for some time with the officer. He then checked my father again and informed my mother that he was dead. Autopsy confirmed the massive blood clot that destroyed what was left of my father's mind. These were decisions by men. And a very good decision for my family, we were able to grieve and move on with our lives.
The point I am making is Katrina doesn't have a clue what she is talking about. (Running out of time for anything more eloquent).