I realize that I know what's bothering me about the debate on legalizing Euthenasia here (we have an election coming as well). JMHO, but it's because the solutions to it don't recognize the problem. Increased or use of palliative care/ Hospices are recommended. But the truth is you can't get in to a Hospice (normally) as there is a 2-3 year waiting list, & palliative is 6 months or less by definition.
But that's not the real issue. The Euthenasia (legalizing) proposed includes unrelenting, unbearable physical or emotional pain. Working one-to-one with others, I know they know their spouses, kids etc normally won't be around (as they haven't been). They fear it, some part is misinformation, but some is the experience of no one there who cares. Sometimes (if they make it that long) they find strangers (my work) who do. Or if they meet others struggling with the same. But that's the crux. And when that part isn't acknowledged- that no one is there- the whole debate is lost because the people base where they'll be with where they've been.
Added to that, is everyone has something they feel they could not withstand, whether it be homelessness, disfigurement, paraplegia or quadriplegia, etc, some insurmountable loss. That is theirs'. They're not (I don't think, not many at least) trying to assert self-autonomy. They don't have a frame-work of support or love, let alone expecting less. @katz said it in another thread, that many people do not feel loved or accepted as they are when independent, now force them to feel dependent on those same people or the like when they have even less resources.
I understand the position it puts Health Care givers in. I understand & support protecting the vulnerable. But people (in their right mind) do want it overwhelmingly here. And from my work I think that's why. And I totally get why. And that will not change until people are there, not as an obligation, but out of love or actual concern. But it disrupts others' lives, too. Most people don't want that.
But that's not the real issue. The Euthenasia (legalizing) proposed includes unrelenting, unbearable physical or emotional pain. Working one-to-one with others, I know they know their spouses, kids etc normally won't be around (as they haven't been). They fear it, some part is misinformation, but some is the experience of no one there who cares. Sometimes (if they make it that long) they find strangers (my work) who do. Or if they meet others struggling with the same. But that's the crux. And when that part isn't acknowledged- that no one is there- the whole debate is lost because the people base where they'll be with where they've been.
Added to that, is everyone has something they feel they could not withstand, whether it be homelessness, disfigurement, paraplegia or quadriplegia, etc, some insurmountable loss. That is theirs'. They're not (I don't think, not many at least) trying to assert self-autonomy. They don't have a frame-work of support or love, let alone expecting less. @katz said it in another thread, that many people do not feel loved or accepted as they are when independent, now force them to feel dependent on those same people or the like when they have even less resources.
I understand the position it puts Health Care givers in. I understand & support protecting the vulnerable. But people (in their right mind) do want it overwhelmingly here. And from my work I think that's why. And I totally get why. And that will not change until people are there, not as an obligation, but out of love or actual concern. But it disrupts others' lives, too. Most people don't want that.
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