I choose this topic because by far it is one of the most ethically questioned debates going on today. As a healthcare provider you take an oath to save life to the best of your ability. But what do you do when someone wants to end their life? People have called Dr. Kevorkian a murderer but was he really doing anything wrong? Most of his patients were at the end of their ropes and had nothing to live for and wanted to end their suffering. I wonder why the people who were up in arms could not cope with the fact that someone was ready to leave this planet. I think that’s where the discussion comes from; people in general are afraid of dying and haven’t properly educated themselves nor learned how to cope with the fact that their loved one are not going to be around forever. I think it is especially painful when parents watch their children suffer and leave before them. No parent should ever be in that position but sometimes is happens. I want the best for everyone and I hope that whatever decisions they have made were carefully thought out and not on a whim.
I attended a seminar last night that death with Living Wills and Health Directives and the information made sense. Why leave the choice of whether or not you are to linger on, on this planet when all the signs are telling your loved ones no but they are afraid to pull the plug. Should there be time limits? Yes. Why? Because that way at the end of the day everyone can say that they tried. Everyone always believes that there might some little glimmer of hope and there maybe. But at the end of the day someone has to pay that bill and would you rather your loved ones remember you for the person you were. Or for the giant debt you left them in?
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