"Dr. Death" Kevorkian dies
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/us-kevorkian-idUSTRE7523JP20110603
Just happened recently.
So, right-to-die the right way to do things in the realm of medical practice, or is it just a poor excuse on the behalf of western medicines focus on treating symptoms rather than a search for cures?
Re: "Dr. Death" Kevorkian dies
Originally posted by Liberator
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/us-kevorkian-idUSTRE7523JP20110603Just happened recently.
So, right-to-die the right way to do things in the realm of medical practice, or is it just a poor excuse on the behalf of western medicines focus on treating symptoms rather than a search for cures?
I think it depends on the disease... Some people simply aren't going to recover.
When a pet is on its last days, we put them down for their own sake.. Let them die with some dignity. Yet, we insist on letting humans die of natural causes, no matter how much they suffer...
Personally, I think this is nothing more then imposing your moral values on someone else.. It's the height of selfishness. Just because you cherish life, no matter what, doesn't give you the right to insist someone can't choose the way they wish leave this world.
It's a small consolation that there IS, in fact, a loophole here in the US that allows doctors to dope someone up with so much morphine, that it ends up killing them, which is seen as incidental to taking away their agony..
But that's only at the very end, after they've been through god knows how much torturous pain...
Originally posted by Deja~vu
He was a hero here. He died in Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital only 15 mins away. Nice place, great food! I've been there myself when I broke my leg.What a name to be stuck with, "Dr. Death."
I doubt he would have minded. Besides, now if we resurrect him he has the perfect name for a zombie overlord.