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Euthanasia: When Life Is To Be Feared More Than Death
…the elderly patients…are comatose. They weigh practically nothing. Their skin hangs in heavy folds on their skeletons. ‘These patients must be fed through gastric tubes pushed down their throats,’ Dr. Peter Haemmerli explains, and that can make even comatose patients retch and vomit.’ ....
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.... an alternative to endless pain. “At times we must look at death as a welcome release from an untenable life. Death need not be a source of horror. It can be freedom, a release from agony”.
This observation by Dr. Milton D. Heifetz encompasses the purpose of euthanasia: to provide “a welcome release from an untenable life”. There are two main types within euthanasia. The first, positive euthanasia, pertains to assistance which is given to a patient in order to end his or her own life. The second, negative euthanasia, is the stopping of life-sustaining treatment, which is prolon ....
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