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Euthanasia Confusion

Newspaper accounts of end-of-life debates too often muddle the issues.

Rob Moll | posted 2/01/2007 08:37AM

Let no one say America is a death-denying society. Our newspapers are full of articles reporting on battles over how we die. The Terri Schiavo controversy was not a blip of newsworthy gruesomeness on ...

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tolani

Posted: February 14, 2007 11:40 AM

euthanasia could be the best optioin for patients with terminal disease(painful suffering) or even poor patients. This is because it could have been medically proven that such illness have no medical breakthough.Nonetheless the doctor should not decide for the patient but give psychological encouragements because they are to preservr life not to terminate life.if a patient insists after the encouragement it should be asumed that such is unable to endure more pain and passive euthanasia could be helpful

olayinka afolayan

Posted: February 10, 2007 10:10 AM


There is no dignity in anyone who takes his life or human life. The right of life and death resides in the Almighty God. People should stop deceiving themselves, once you take your life, you are 'rail-roading' yourself to hell. Simple.

Dave	Posted: February 05, 2007 3:18 PM


I try to think of it as what would have been acceptable 100 years ago in the treatment of end of life. I don't believe new technology should place a greater burden on those moral decisions.

yvonne

Posted: February 01, 2007 7:48 PM


Where in Gods word does it say we must accept all medical science has to offer. I believe we as Christians have made this issue into something it is not. I am a Chrisitian and believe I have a right to refuse treatment that would prolong my life when no cure exist! We should be more concerned about what will happen for eternity. God is the Keeper of Life and Death not the medical professionals!

Delfin J Beltran MD

Posted: February 01, 2007 11:33 AM

It would seem to me that the refusal to permit a church funeral, based on a human determination of motive denys both the concept of human freedom of choice and recognition of the forgiveness of our sins. I have been involved in artificial ventilation as a tool of anesthesia, resucitation and life support since the development of positive pressure ventilation devices were developed in 1956. I was also responsible for the initial determinations of brain death when heart donors were declared candidates for cardiac transplantation at the time of the initial proceedures in January 1968. I have been a Christian all of my 78 years. The basic moral principles that permitted me to make the medical judgements that I had the opportunity to make were based on these two. If a person has an understanding of Christianity, the Grace of God and the fallibility of man, they will understand also the Christian principle of judge not lest ye be judged.

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