I was amazed how life could be prolonged with multiple surgeries, toxic chemotherapy, antibiotics, and tube feeding. Quality of life, pain, cost, and suffering? Rarely discussed. I kept saying to myself, “There must be a better way. But what?”
“It’s no secret that wage gaps, discrimination and institutional racism limit Black Americans’ access to health equity. However, what’s discussed a lot less frequently is that these factors impact the way this group experiences death, too.”
Given the fact of our mortality, whether we want it or not, aren’t we all members of a Date with Death Club?
Patients may not be aware that their health care system is faith-based, and rarely understand the restrictions that their health systems have implemented — until they need this care.
I know well Judaism’s ban on euthanasia. But when I understood that my father would take his own life, I knew without a doubt that I would be by his side.
“Medical aid in dying should not be proscribed by society’s laws or condemned by its mores.”
People with disabilities speak up for MAiD; some “rights” groups would deny them choice.
People experience death in varied ways. Different colors, different cultures, demand different approaches to the dying process.
With all the ways to improve MAiD, should RTD advocates be concerned about healthy seniors who say, “I’ve lived long enough?”
When you’re a heartbeat from dying, the high-tech gizmo that keeps you alive may do so against your wishes.
