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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 10:57 AM Original message |
Choosing the time to die - Suicide and the Elderly |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've been thinking about this for years, actually.... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. having seen what my sister's mother in law is going through... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. More patients = more income. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. What could be more personal than one's own life? |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Oh I agree with you |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think they should check the meds shelf-lives. |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. yep- opiates don't have a very long shelf life. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. oh they are exploring all avenues... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. sedatives and a plastic bag work just fine. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm all for it |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. a jug of wine, a loaf of bread... |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Before I saw my Aunt suffer with ALS |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. In 1983, my 84 yo grandmother was diagnosed with |
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oneold1-4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. OR - DWD |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. Christians would have us hooked up to life support |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have a particular interest in this issue, and Alzheimer's -- |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. My grandfather made the choice |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. People should plan ahead--but not give up too easily. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The thing that I worry about with "Right to die" |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Society *has* decided this by not insisting on national health care |
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