Re: Moral or ethical question

From: Bob Rahe (bob_at_hobbes.dtcc.edu)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: 1 Dec 2004 16:47:21 GMT

In article <R_ydnYbgfd8BcDDcRVn-gQ@comcast.com>,
Maureen Galvin <maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote:

>"Bob Rahe" <bob@hobbes.dtcc.edu> wrote in message
>news:cokon9$bb4$1@news.dtcc.edu....

>> Hmmmm, the solution to the problem of doctors doing ineffective pain
>> control is to kill the patient! Boy, that takes blaming the victim
>> to a whole new level!!!!
>> --

>Bob, I'm not sure if you have been involved in someone dying a long painful
>death or not so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you have not.
>Even if the patient has a DNR and has stated his wishes, pain control is a
>very serious issue. Have you ever witnessed someone basically drowning in
>their own fluids? Have you ever witnessed someone panic because they are
...

  Not what we were talking about/what I was responding to, nor was it
my point. (Altho, yes, I HAVE seen some of the things you mention.
But that isn't relevant anyway.) But that's another issue.

  My point was, the person I was responding to essentially said, and
you cut that from the above, that if docs won't handle pain meds
effectively then widespread euthanasia should be the solution. Thus my
comment about blaming (killing) the victim.

  Here's the statement I was replying to:

>drugs? As far as I'm concerned, if we can't at least keep people
>comfortable until the end, perhaps it's time for physician-assisted
>suicide to become an accepted procedure nationwide.

  I can't believe you really believe that if a doc won't do effective
pain management on a patient the solution is to kill the patient? 

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