Euthanasia

[WFU71]

"Palliative sedation, which has often been held up as a more legally and morally sound alternative to euthanasia, may in fact have become a different form of euthanasia, Belgian researchers say.

Rather than putting chronically ill patient under heavy drugs to help make their deaths as painless as possible, continuous sedation “is frequently used to hasten the patient’s death,” Vrije Univesiteit Brussel researcher Sam Rys says in a surprising new study..."

http://www.providermagazine.com/news/Pages/0914/Continuing-Sedation-a-Fig-Leaf-for-Euthanasia,-Study-Finds.aspx

 

[BeachBumDeac]

Worth noting that all of the conclusions in this study are based on a survey of 156 Belgian doctors. So, not exactly a consensus statement.

 

[Shorty]

I've spent a lot of time in Brussels and can completely understand why doctors there would use sedation to "hasten death".

 

[ImTheCaptain]

it all starts with Youth

thanks, obama

 

[sailordeac]

I've spent a lot of time in Brussels and can completely understand why doctors there would use sedation to "hasten death".

I second that. I've only been there once - plus once stuck in the airport - and that was enough.

 

[SkinsNDeacs]

DEATH PANELS!

 

[awaken]

Fitting for Boomers. Save social security and healthcare together. Only thing left is to negotiate the age.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

 

[Milhouse]

 

[WakeandBake]

Sometimes you just have to help them let go. I'm not seeing the problem here.

If someone has no chance to live, what exactly is the purpose of letting them hang on for another week? Seriously.

 

[RJKarl]

Rick Perry thinks euthanasia is a boys club in Shanghai.

 

[Milhouse]