Canadian doctors who provide euthanasia struggle with the ethics of killing vulnerable patients
Canadian doctors who provide euthanasia struggle with the ethics of killing vulnerable patients
A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, grieving widows. Each euthanasia request sparked debate among Canadian doctors and nurses struggling with the ethics of one of the most permissive laws globally on the practice.
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To me, it's unethical.
To me it's unethical to let someone suffer until they finally pass.
That's a false dichotomy.
The principle of double effect allows one to attempt to relieve suffering with treatments having high mortality rates.
Euthanasia is a cost-saving measure to avoid the high costs of palliative care for non-palliative patients, and in the examples cited in the article -- healthcare in general.
As a disabled person who does not make enough money to exist, this is how I see it for social programs as well. Keep the sick and injured in a constant state of anxiety and neediness until they finally break and ask for maid. It's easier to get maid than it is to be respected as a human being.
That being said, also as a sick/ disabled person I am glad maid does exist.