Do u agree with euthanasia?

Wolf

yes. in switzerland they monitor to make sure their clients aren't menatally unblanced. its a good system. I think suicide (regular and doctor assisted) should be decriminalized
its person's choice, life is a right and you should be able to waive it if you want

Jamie R

Assisted suicide? Yes I do.

I was adamantly against it and was railing about it to my mother when she stopped me.

She said that (and she has a incurable illness) Why should someone who is going to die, who cannot even be made comfortable, have to live the rest of their life in pain? Why can't they choose to just go to sleep peacefully in comfort with their family?

She changed my mind that day. Maybe people that aren't sick, that don't know what its like to be in chronic pain or suffer from terminal illness shouldn't get to decide if this is legal or not.

dizzydogblack

i think it depends on the reason why one would like to be put a sleep you put animals down to save their suffering why not humans when at that stage with no cure or hope.

tulip

I agree, not easy choice though.

boppstar

Yes - if you have a "living will" or if it could go on your medical notes and you could sign it

toon_tigger

If I ever get diagnosed with a life threatening disease I would like to have the opportunity to tell my family that I am worn out with fighting the thing and want to let go with dignity

I have always said no to this question but after seeing my grandmother being diagnosed with lung cancer after being in hospital for 6 weeks and them not knowing what it was - once it was diagnosed she was gone in 2 weeks

Seeing a 64 year old woman that you look up to and respect shouting for their mum is very disturbing and something I would not want to put my family through

Newgran

Yes I do.Although it would have to be strictly regulated.
I have watched people in my care enviroment die a long slow undignified death and know that they did not want it that way ,
these people knew they were dying and were able to make a rational choice if it had been allowed

kathy_is_a_nurse

On the positive side, people who are mentally competent and know themselves well enough to believe they cannot handle the medical illness that is facing them, should have the right to control their own end.

On the negative side, there is a huge potential for abuse. In other words, if the person is incompetent due to severe pain, medication, coma, mental illness, etc., then someone else must make the decision to end their lives. How can we guarantee that the person is making that decision based on the best needs of the patient and not something else?

For instance, maybe a greedy spouse or child would like to get their hands on the family member's money before it is totally eaten up by hospital bills. Or maybe the patient does not have good/any health care insurance and some bureaucrat in the hospital would like to "free up" the bed for a paying patient. Or maybe the doctor treating the patient hasn't considered other alternatives that could cure or improve on the patient's current quality of life.

I fully support euthanasia when it is done under strict guidelines that provide answers to the above questions. At the foundation of those guidelines should be clearly stated guidelines set forth by the patient when he/she was in complete control of their faculties...in other words a living will.

Someone else here mentioned a physician forging documents in order to clear a hospital bed for less sick patients. This is a very real risk. One solution to avoid such abuse is to have a team of objective health care professionals determine whether the patient meets established criteria for euthanasia.

Mr Bellows

Yes,if that is what the person wants then we should respect their wishes.How many people lay in comas or are hopelessly mindless with alzheimers and have no hope for recovery.Yet we keep them alive out of some misguided notion that it would be cruel and inhumane to end their suffering.It is cruel and inhumane to let them suffer by keeping them alive, not only on the person but on their loved ones as well.Not to mention the tremendous drain on the health care system.Who are we tell someone who expressly wishes to be put out of their misery that they cannot be because it is illegal???

Yes, I think it should be approved. The general population would be horrified if an animal was allowed to suffer, when it's been diagnosed with a terminal illness or something like that. Surely, it should be the same for humans. If they are diagnosed with an incurable, debilitating and painful illness which badly affects their quality of life, I personally think that they should have the choice to die with dignity if that is what they wish.

I do feel that it is a matter of conscience that can only truly be answered by each individual as the need arises.

wahey

youcannot choose the family that you are born into but you should be able to take the choice to end your own life if you r teminally ill the powers that be should not be able to tell you that you cannot die .....they could probbably save money on the nhs infact they could save thousands if i was diagnosed with any terimnal illness i would not want to prolong the agony for my family they know that you are going to die so just get on with it it is your choice and it should stay that way

Rainbow-Taster

Yes but i also think it should be carefully regulated. Many people may take advantage and use the law to coerse family members into voluntary euthanasia for their own gain. I think it's cruel to expect people to live until they die naturally if they are in pain and have no quality of life. We put animals down whn they are terminally ill, why not grant the same dignity to humans? Also I think doctors should have the final say in cases where the person in question cannot speak for themselves, for example with huntingtons chorea. As I said before, family members may wish them to die for other reasons, not just because they don't want to see them in pain.

brilock1

definitely,anyone with a sound mind and critical illness should be able to say when they have had enough of the pain and this world.
Mind you, you girls are difficult to please and might change your mind! My wife for example said that she must be cremated and got annoyed when i told her that i had booked it for her that weekend! (she was not ill!!)

Irish John Lennon

of course, look at tony blair

b97st

Yes.

little me

totally
put yourself in their shoes that's the person who wants to die could you say no to some one in constant pain with no hope of a cure just a life of pure hell if i chose to end my life and was unable to do so yes i would want some kind person to help me

or some one with no quality of life anymore through sever dementia .i know if i lost my marbles and was a permanent walking blank then yes i would want my dignity in death

hellokitty

yes

Savannah

yes.

steve t

yes,if the person is totally aware of what they are doing.

Manuel R

Of course, I agree. IÂ´m not sure about UK approve it.

oldgit

Yes, absolutely, isn't anyone's right to die if they wish? Whose right is it to deny it? That's not to say that any medical practitioner should be forced to assist. That would also be a denial of freewill... That the matter is debatable is a mystery to me.

getfit chick

No. I can understand that when people are in great pain and suffering and slowly dying they may want to end their lives, or if they know that it will happen to them. However is suicide ever the right thing to do?

It is worth reading Christine Longacres book:
Facing Death and Finding Hope - A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying by Christine Longacre (published by Century, 1997, ISBN 0 71 267757

There are some very inspiring stories about people dying with terminal illnesses and their own strength, love and purpose. I have heard of people dying in hospices having an amazing presence of love and peace around them.

It is often in the process of death and illness that we find our true selves.

zombiefighter1988

Totally no. I saw a show about the netherlands doing it, and over a dozen doctors have faked the paperwork and killed patients to make room for their patients. Hospitals are for healing. Or they used to be.

Valerie C

No !!!

it would be the thin edge of the wedge.

first it would be people who want to die

then it would be people whose relatives thought they wanted to die.

after that would come babies born with disabilities

the list goes on!!

I think it is murder - - - but - - - I have not been in a situation were a loved one was terminally ill.

I think a lot of thought needs to go into it and each case must be treated separately.

but I still don't agree with it.

Lachrymosa

NO!!!!!!!!

ticd

Tony BinEye

And make it legal for my wife to kill me! No way, Jose!

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