Euthanasia

How do you feel about euthanasia?

  • I support it

    Votes: 60 80.0%

  • I do not support it

    Votes: 6 8.0%

  • I don't care either way

    Votes: 7 9.3%

  • Frijj is a tosser

    Votes: 29 38.7%
  • Total voters
    75
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For? Against? Don't care?

I'd like to know what you think, and importantly, why you think it.

Votes aren't public.

First person to make a Gary Glitter joke gets involuntary suicide
 


Definitely yes for me like. Inhumane keeping people alive when they're ill especially when they don't want to be.
 
I did a college course paper on Euthanasia quite a few years back, tried covering the medical and legal aspects of it.

Tough going, but by the time I came to handing the paper in to my tutor I came to appreciate how hard it is for those in the medical profession who do there best in the worst of cases.

I personally feel (and this is something I said in my final conclusions in the course paper) it should be the choice of the individual concerned, so long all other options have been tried and the individual's family are aware. Also doctors and nurses should not be at risk of prosecution if the individual is in so much discomfort and pain that this is the patients's choice. I included in my paper material from The Voluntary Euthanasia Society various things like a DNR (do not resuscitate) card and examples of some legal documentation.

During my research of the subject, I learnt that up until the late 60s it was illegal to attempt suicide in British law.

I thought I did a canny job with the paper, chattered with some nurses and doctors about the subject (mainly off the record!) - tried to keep my conclusions balanced. However, even after all these years I still feel that my course tutor had some very strong opinions on the subject, considering the low mark and negative feedback he gave me on the paper.
 
Dark Traveller said:
I did a college course paper on Euthanasia quite a few years back, tried covering the medical and legal aspects of it.

Tough going, but by the time I came to handing the paper in to my tutor I came to appreciate how hard it is for those in the medical profession who do there best in the worst of cases.

I personally feel (and this is something I said in my final conclusions in the course paper) it should be the choice of the individual concerned, so long all other options have been tried and the individual's family are aware. Also doctors and nurses should not be at risk of prosecution if the individual is in so much discomfort and pain that this is the patients's choice. I included in my paper material from The Voluntary Euthanasia Society various things like a DNR (do not resuscitate) card and examples of some legal documentation.

During my research of the subject, I learnt that up until the late 60s it was illegal to attempt suicide in British law.

I thought I did a canny job with the paper, chattered with some nurses and doctors about the subject (mainly off the record!) - tried to keep my conclusions balanced. However, even after all these years I still feel that my course tutor had some very strong opinions on the subject, considering the low mark and negative feedback he gave me on the paper.
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That's similar to what I'm writing now. I somehow have to squeeze a brief description of, and then critically analyse the changing nature of attitudes, media and policies in regards to euthanasia, in under 1200 words. I tend to write too much so I'm finding it rather difficult to fit it all in.
 
Frijj said:
That's similar to what I'm writing now. I somehow have to squeeze a brief description of, and then critically analyse the changing nature of attitudes, media and policies in regards to euthanasia, in under 1200 words. I tend to write too much so I'm finding it rather difficult to fit it all in.
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Ah right. It is a tough subject to find a balance with.

The reason I chose Euthanasia as my subject was at the time there was a lot of coverage in the news about a young lad injured at Hillsborough and on life support and his family seeking a ruling to have his life support equipment turned off.

There is quite a lot of material out there on the subject of Euthanasia, when I did mine didn't have access to the internet so relied on library material. Also spoke to some people in the medical profession who pointed me in the direction of some good source material.
 
It becomes very difficult when someone has to make that decision for someone else, but when someone is ill but capable of deciding it's their life. My aunt passed away after having alzheimers for many years and, trust me, if I ever got it I would not be around that long.
 
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