Here's a place where I hypothesize that religion and fear of lawsuits converge to contravene a law that citizens...
Here's a place where I hypothesize that religion and fear of lawsuits converge to contravene a law that citizens have asked for.
Opponents of aid in dying cite providers' reluctance as evidence that the laws are flawed and the practice is repugnant to a profession trained to heal.
"People consider it a breaking of professional integrity," says Dr. David Stevens, chief executive of Christian Medical & Dental Associations, which has worked to stop or overturn aid-in-dying laws in several states.
Masculine Cattle Excrement. You have a religious bias. Healing does not mean fixing or curing when that cannot happen. It can mean easing someone's suffering. Guess what. Sometimes that means death and it is not up to you to judge their choice.
"Eisenhower's mission recognizes that death is a natural stage of the life journey and Eisenhower will not intentionally hasten it," Dr. Alan Williamson, vice president of medical affairs of the non-profit hospital, said in a statement.
Really? Do you provide, support, or allow fertility services? Because while conception and birth are a "natural stage of the life journey", IVF sure as heck isn't. At the hospital level in particular, doctors and others are always balancing the harm vs benefit of treating serious illness. Do you provide chemotherapy to cancer patients? You are hastening their death. Do you ever provide pain management that includes opioids? Or other appropriate treatments with benzodiazepines? Or anticoagulation? You are hastening their death.
"I believe that there is still a strong taboo against talking about death openly in the medical community. It feels like a threat to what we are trained to do: preserve and extend life," Lee says, adding that doctors have a moral obligation to address end-of-life concerns.
I'd say it feels like a threat to violate the religious and legal fears, as well as some people thinking dying isn't part of living. Since they haven't cured dying yet, they might want to reconsider that. I do agree that we have a professional if not also ethical and moral obligation to address end-of-life with equal respect to dragging it out for as long as possible.
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/25/511456109/legalizing-aid-in-dying-doesnt-mean-patients-have-access-to-it
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/25/511456109/legalizing-aid-in-dying-doesnt-mean-patients-have-access-to-it
Opponents of aid in dying cite providers' reluctance as evidence that the laws are flawed and the practice is repugnant to a profession trained to heal.
"People consider it a breaking of professional integrity," says Dr. David Stevens, chief executive of Christian Medical & Dental Associations, which has worked to stop or overturn aid-in-dying laws in several states.
Masculine Cattle Excrement. You have a religious bias. Healing does not mean fixing or curing when that cannot happen. It can mean easing someone's suffering. Guess what. Sometimes that means death and it is not up to you to judge their choice.
"Eisenhower's mission recognizes that death is a natural stage of the life journey and Eisenhower will not intentionally hasten it," Dr. Alan Williamson, vice president of medical affairs of the non-profit hospital, said in a statement.
Really? Do you provide, support, or allow fertility services? Because while conception and birth are a "natural stage of the life journey", IVF sure as heck isn't. At the hospital level in particular, doctors and others are always balancing the harm vs benefit of treating serious illness. Do you provide chemotherapy to cancer patients? You are hastening their death. Do you ever provide pain management that includes opioids? Or other appropriate treatments with benzodiazepines? Or anticoagulation? You are hastening their death.
"I believe that there is still a strong taboo against talking about death openly in the medical community. It feels like a threat to what we are trained to do: preserve and extend life," Lee says, adding that doctors have a moral obligation to address end-of-life concerns.
I'd say it feels like a threat to violate the religious and legal fears, as well as some people thinking dying isn't part of living. Since they haven't cured dying yet, they might want to reconsider that. I do agree that we have a professional if not also ethical and moral obligation to address end-of-life with equal respect to dragging it out for as long as possible.
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/25/511456109/legalizing-aid-in-dying-doesnt-mean-patients-have-access-to-it
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/25/511456109/legalizing-aid-in-dying-doesnt-mean-patients-have-access-to-it
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