Prolonging Living or Prolonging Dying?

musicprnt
Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:38:31 +0000

@carolinamom2boys:
I don’t doubt that, but I was reading an article written by a doctor who was from Scotland, had practiced in Canada and now practices in the US, and he said that he found candor was lacking when it came down to the decisions patients needed to make. On the other hand, I also realize that people grasp at straws (and how can I fault them, these are people they love) and the internet certainly hasn’t helped, with all kinds of crazy crap out there on how you can perform miracles. There is some irony to all this, we have a system where people may be prolonging life when they might not have to, and in general we often prevent people who want to be in control of how they die and when from doing so.