Suicide Workshop

[pickledseal]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8568850.stm

How long before it is a norm of our society?

I find it scary that so many of the current arguments are reminiscent of Nazi Germany (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/euthanasia.htm)

I think the fact that 60%-odd of palliative care comes from charities and not the NHS actually highlights the real problem. The treatment is just not provided to provide treatment for the dying. It's not economically viable I guess, we have little value to society as we are dying anyway...

 

[Pubey]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8568850.stm

How long before it is a norm of our society?

I find it scary that so many of the current arguments are reminiscent of Nazi Germany (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/euthanasia.htm)

I think the fact that 60%-odd of palliative care comes from charities and not the NHS actually highlights the real problem. The treatment is just not provided to provide treatment for the dying. It's not economically viable I guess, we have little value to society as we are dying anyway...

agree completely about the first half. However it not that it's economically viable... what's crazy is that the NHS spends huge amounts on so called 'miracle cures' for people with metastatic cancer which at best will give a patient an extra few months. What's completely forgotten as you say is effective palliative care where a patient and their family are supported at the end of life. The pharma companies have a lot to answer for this.

 

[loz]

i think palliative care is at least going in the right direction- lost my grandfather on my dad's side yesterday, and the way he and the family were taken care of in the last few days was respectful + realistic, big improvement on a similar experience a few years ago.

on the whole euthanasia/assisted suicide debate i generally, eventually, come down on the side of people deserving the right to control when and how they go, but it needs to be at the last-resort end of a suite of options in which palliative care plays a much bigger part.