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Euthanasia at aged 44

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maxgran Wed 02-Oct-13 11:16:11

If there was no chance of anything making him better or alleviate his suffering - then No, I am not shocked.

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Ana Wed 02-Oct-13 11:11:32

I agree, thatbags. I'm not alarmed by the fact that a doctor is actually willing to accede to a patient's wishes at all, if the decision has been made entirely of his/her own free will.

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thatbags Wed 02-Oct-13 11:08:38

time, not tome

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thatbags Wed 02-Oct-13 11:08:13

It doesn't shock or sadden me. His life, his choice. The sadness, I feel, is that thetreatment he needed wasn't available, or was unsuccessful.

So long as the person choosing to die is making the choice without pressure from other people and is "in their right mind" (sorry, don't know if there is a technical term) at the tome of the decision, and the decision is checked several times, then I do not find this kind of self-choice life ending shocking at all.

Better than suicide in his own.

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annsixty Wed 02-Oct-13 10:26:14

Like you Riverwalk I was shocked and saddened by this story but sometimes think it is a case of "walk a mile in my shoes".

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Riverwalk Wed 02-Oct-13 10:02:07

AIBU to be alarmed that a young man of 44 felt that this was the only way to relieve his suffering, and that a doctor was willing to do the deed?

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