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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 02:19 AM Original message |
Your thoughts on dignified dying |
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Cyndee_Lou_Who (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. If the doctor denied wishes of me and or my mother, I'd go to another one. |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. here in Germany there is a paper |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. We have living wills here in the US that allows for choices |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I know it is different from case to case |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I now have a living will for that case.... |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. ok |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Okay, that makes a difference |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Look into Advance Health Care Directives... |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. see my reply beforehead |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's up to the individual. Not someone else's spurious morality. |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm assuming if the doctor denied her request she was in a hospital |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. she was in a nursing home |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Constitution protects one's right to life... |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think everyone has a right to die as much as a right to live |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. This is how I feel too |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I didn't realize it was so personal |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Khash, I agree |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I don't have the same problems you do exactly |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yup, that kind of stuff is scary |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. My dad was 89. He had Alzheimer's for about 10 years. |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. as hard as it was |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes, it was the right decision |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. My grandmother had Alzheimer's for about 8 years. It was so hard |
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Callalily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. I think that decision is up to |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I am not sure I would be brave enough |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. This issue should be a part of the Pro-Choice movement |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. People should be able to die with dignity |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
23. I just finished talking about this in my bioethics class |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
24. People refuse and MDs stop dialysis treatment all the time |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Correct legal steps must be taken. |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Verbals are perfectly fine if issued by the patient or by the healthcare |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I just can say what the showed on the show |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. There must have been contention among the family |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hospice is a huge help with this |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. As a Hospice volunteer... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. there is profit in torturing the old lady |
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Left_Winger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. If a person is terminally ill |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm a nurse in a sub-acute unit and have seen too many patients |
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