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Euthanasia

Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:31 PM EDT
health, life, death, psychology, pain, dead, human, philosophy, victim, kill, die, euthanasia, suffering, legalize, decease
By Matti Viikate

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I think that euthanasia should be legal thing, at least in those cases where it is very clear that person him or her self wants that, and there are clear reasons to do that. Like for example if person is badly hearth, and will not recover from what ever has happened.

It is intolerable suffering, for some people who have to suffer the rest of they're lives. It shouldn't be like that.

In case of bad accident that makes someones live not worth living, or painful decease, it makes sense that if that person him or her self wants that, euthanasia should be legal.

My main point is of course to stop unnecessary suffering, but there is also that economical side. It is very expensive to keep those people alive against they're will.

With all the money and time people could save, if euthanasia would be legal, it would be possible to help those who still have a change.

Also it is true, that some people would be more relief ted, even when in good health, if they would know that in case of bad accident or decease, there would be possibility to use euthanasia.

It is not right, that people have to suffer without any good reason, if there is a way to stop that.

One important thing in euthanasia if done, is to make sure it will be done painlessly. It is not nice, if there would be fear of pain in that kind of moment.

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Tanja-S

Yes, in a very controlled scheme and with very strict criteria euthanasia could be used for the cases you mentioned. But the criteria to apply euthanasia should be kept extremely selective and strict giving no possibility to subjective interpretations.

I think euthanasia is already used in the cases, when there is a terminal condition, there is called a meeting, and the medical team calculates that the pains that an intensive cure causes for the patient supers highly the pains of the non-cure and also the life expectancy. When the expectancy of lfe is short in both alternatives. At least in Finland, I think the term, when the doctors say that now we start the "palliative" care, it could be also called euthanasia, it is just question of right terms. Euthanasia is a kind of a forbidden term for palliative care, I think here in Finland, at least. This is an extremely serious topic.

    Reply#1 - Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:21 AM EDT
    Matti Viikate

    In some countries and situations that (euthanasia) have been done, but it would be good to have it in more general use. There is a lot of people in the world who want and need that, but they cant get that, because of the law.

    Unwanted meaningless suffering should be ended, biggest problem in euthanasia actually is that fact, that like any other thing, also euthanasia can be used to committed a crime or something like that.

    That is one reason, why it is not so perfect thing as it could be without that problem. But it is same thing in live always, somebody can always misuse something to gain something from it.

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    #1.1 - Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:26 AM EDT
    Tanja-S

    Yes, meaningless suffering could be avoided with euthanasia/palliative treatment. Some western studies report that a "too late decision to turn to a palliative cure" is a serious curative mistake by the medical team. So, that should be started always in a right time.

    And as you say, in the world-scale the standard/quality of life of terminal patients could be augmented. This is a human/medicinal question, not religious or political issue. Always people make this very religious or political, but it should be looked only from the human point of view. However, this question is probably the hardest question in our world. I understand it in this way as I have explained, but in the same time I have to say it is hard to create a solid opinion on that. Just because it deals human life, the last phase of human life.

      #1.2 - Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:24 PM EDT
      Matti Viikate

      Some western studies report that a "too late decision to turn to a palliative cure" is a serious curative mistake by the medical team. So, that should be started always in a right time.

      On that matter, it is usually necessary to make the decision as early as possible.

      Always people make this very religious or political, but it should be looked only from the human point of view.

      That is true, and it is also good to remember that usually those who are in position them selves, are not the ones questioning that matter. Most of the people who are making those religious and political points, are people who are not ill, those who would need euthanasia, usually except it quite well. That is also easy to understand because of the hopelessness in they're lives, and possible pains they suffer.

      But on the other hand, especially that religious matter is important also, because many religions have some principles on matter of death. Some of them don't except suicide, which can been seen as a same thing, however, i would say that euthanasia is hardly something that any religion would be against in those worst cases. Point in every religion is avoid that kind of suffering, if it is unnecessary.

      Those things relating to suicide in religions, are meant to be taken in little bit differently, not to be taken against euthanasia.

      In political point of view it can be really hard to actually change things, that is because there are always people against euthanasia. In politics, losing votes is bad thing.

      But only real point actually is, that those people who suffer, should have a right to decide about they're own life. It is not the relatives, friends or people with political power who make that choice, it is and should be those people them selves.

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      #1.3 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:34 AM EDT
      Tanja-S

      ...those people who suffer, should have a right to decide about they're own life

      Yes, you are so right in this, only the subject himself should be heard in this matter. However, I have seen that in Finland this works now, there is not question about this anymore, the principles are followed extremely carefully in Finland. But many people in the world suffers very much their last moments of life.

      And when you see even one human suffering very much, it remains to you forever. Any suffering, also among animals, also animal suffering leaves deep wounds to us. My heart breaks in both cases.

        #1.4 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:48 PM EDT
        Matti Viikate

        only the subject himself should be heard in this matter.

        That is exactly how it should be.

        many people in the world suffers very much their last moments of life.

        That is true and it is very bad thing.

        And when you see even one human suffering very much, it remains to you forever. Any suffering, also among animals, also animal suffering leaves deep wounds to us. My heart breaks in both cases.

        That is how i also feel about it.

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        #1.5 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:57 PM EDT
        Tanja-S

        That is how i also feel about it.

        oh...I am so surprisingly similar to you...

          #1.6 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:10 PM EDT
          Matti Viikate

          oh...I am so surprisingly similar to you...

          That is of course possible thing, but there is still many people in this world, who really do suffer about that fact that others suffer.

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          #1.7 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:21 PM EDT
          Tanja-S

          Yes, that is true.

          I referred also to some other comments that have been quite similar. However, just forget that forever, honoured mr. Viikate!!

            #1.8 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:29 PM EDT
            Matti Viikate

            I referred also to some other comments that have been quite similar.

            I can understand that. Thank you.

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            #1.9 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:33 PM EDT
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