This comment is asking for trouble, but I'm making it in the hope of getting some good discussion going, and hopefully not a flamewar.
This comment is asking for trouble, but I'm making it in the hope of getting some good discussion going, and hopefully not a flamewar. I've been thinking about this a lot lately since my own family is struggling with this issue. I very strongly feel, like many people probably do, that I would not want to live with dementia. I would not want to live that non-life, I would not want my family to have to experience it, and I would not want to burden them with my care. In the not-unlikely event that I'm diagnosed with Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia, I would want to end my life while I'm able to competently choose to do so. I would want to do so with quick and painless drugs instead of a gun. However, assisted suicide is only legal in a handful of US states, and then only in cases of terminal illness with less than six months to live. There is nowhere in the US for an early-state dementia patient to commit assisted suicide. It is currently legal in Switzerland to do so, and people have traveled there for that very purpose. [1] Other people have committed suicide without assistance to avoid the ravages of dementia. [2] I'm aware of the counter-arguments to assisted suicide: that it can cross the line into euthenasia, that it makes the most vulnerable in our society even more so... but still, there has to be some way for this to be legalized. What to do? What are some concrete proposals for how to alter existing legislation to allow assisted suicide in cases of dementia? Does anyone have personal stories that make the argument against it? [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/health-22715363 [2] http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/01/ethically-this-seems...
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- They already got many many billions.
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- Yep, the loudest people get the most help.
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Historically we've seen capitalism be a good thing.
> And if each of your clients is in the Healthcare industry and dealing with end-user medical data?
They already got many many billions.
It is generally believed that the trip is part of the mechanism for healing Interestingly, you can have trips without psychedelics, like...
Yep, the loudest people get the most help.
The real root issue, is that we drastically underfund rehabilitation.
There's also simply no good solution for people with mental health issues.
Cravings can be an incredibly helpful indicator that you have an unmet need.
This comment is asking for trouble, but I'm making it in the hope of getting some good discussion going, and hopefully not a flamewar.
This comment is asking for trouble, but I'm making it in the hope of getting some good discussion going, and hopefully not a flamewar. I've been thinking about this a lot lately since my own family is struggling with this issue. I very strongly feel, like many people probably do, that I would not want to live with dementia. I would not want to live that non-life, I would not want my family to have to experience it, and I would not want to burden them with my care. In the not-unlikely event that I'm diagnosed with Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia, I would want to end my life while I'm able to competently choose to do so. I would want to do so with quick and painless drugs instead of a gun. However, assisted suicide is only legal in a handful of US states, and then only in cases of terminal illness with less than six months to live. There is nowhere in the US for an early-state dementia patient to commit assisted suicide. It is currently legal in Switzerland to do so, and people have traveled there for that very purpose. [1] Other people have committed suicide without assistance to avoid the ravages of dementia. [2] I'm aware of the counter-arguments to assisted suicide: that it can cross the line into euthenasia, that it makes the most vulnerable in our society even more so... but still, there has to be some way for this to be legalized. What to do? What are some concrete proposals for how to alter existing legislation to allow assisted suicide in cases of dementia? Does anyone have personal stories that make the argument against it? [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/health-22715363 [2] http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/01/ethically-this-seems...
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