Canadian Companies Want You to Kill Yourself
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Like usual, your headline is greatly misleading. Canada has the most open euthanasia laws in the world. Companies don't "want" you to kill yourself. The majority of Canadians are in favor of the country showing compassion and taking people out of their suffering if that is what they choose.
The threshold of what "suffering" amounts to can be debated, but your headline is extremely misleading.
If I were unquestionably terminal, in significant pain, and we’re going to be in a state of constant pain while slowly dying I would absolutely want to put an end to it.
I understand some terminal patients wanting to have some autonomy over dying, but there are HUGE ethical implications and I often think about this....
Patients often wouldn't ever think of assisted suicide as even an option. So if you (the health care team) present it to them as a viable option as other things like supportive care, you shift the burden to the patient to make them feel like if they chose that death option, they'd be less of a bother to family or the world in general.
I think it's more palatable in these terminal, terribly suffering patients (let's be real, often hospice is give the patient enough morphine to control their pain/suffering and if it causes a quiet death that's ok)....but some of these reports about mental illness or even homelessness in Canada triggering potential assisted suicide seem crazy to me.
Patients often wouldn't ever think of assisted suicide as even an option. So if you (the health care team) present it to them as a viable option as other things like supportive care, you shift the burden to the patient to make them feel like if they chose that death option, they'd be less of a bother to family or the world in general.
I think it's more palatable in these terminal, terribly suffering patients (let's be real, often hospice is give the patient enough morphine to control their pain/suffering and if it causes a quiet death that's ok)....but some of these reports about mental illness or even homelessness in Canada triggering potential assisted suicide seem crazy to me.
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...it's easy to envision the person with a terminal cancer like a GBM that is having headaches, seizures, just miserable....
But what about something like a multiple myeloma where "terminal" patients can live many years. Like say this patient keeps getting admitted to the hospital, has pretty poor quality of life, but can clearly see they are a burden to their family with all the doctors appointments, money, time, etc they are "costing" everyone. However, this patient still wants to live and continue on with treatments to prolong life.
They had never considered assisted suicide as an option at all, but then they start considering it because it is legal. Is this patient better off because it's an option? Or did we make the whole situation worse because now they have the option?
There are some good medical ethics podcasts on this stuff if anyone is interested. Really tough situations and things to consider.
I'm not an expert on this stuff and certainly don't know Canada's laws on this, but I've heard compelling arguments from both sides on thsi.
But what about something like a multiple myeloma where "terminal" patients can live many years. Like say this patient keeps getting admitted to the hospital, has pretty poor quality of life, but can clearly see they are a burden to their family with all the doctors appointments, money, time, etc they are "costing" everyone. However, this patient still wants to live and continue on with treatments to prolong life.
They had never considered assisted suicide as an option at all, but then they start considering it because it is legal. Is this patient better off because it's an option? Or did we make the whole situation worse because now they have the option?
There are some good medical ethics podcasts on this stuff if anyone is interested. Really tough situations and things to consider.
I'm not an expert on this stuff and certainly don't know Canada's laws on this, but I've heard compelling arguments from both sides on thsi.
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