A last word, for now, on this topic. I recommend reading the whole post: Complex arguments don’t summarize well.
In other words, the Court recommended that MAID should be regulated the way other medical procedures are regulated: under the civil law and the medical ethics prescribed by physicians’ colleges. In six years Parliament has yet to take this learned advice.
– Andrew’s Views
I suggest that our fear of dying is a lot less than our fear of dying alone and unloved. That doesn’t answer the MAiD question, but it deal with why some people find MAiD attractive.
Jim T
Jim T – Yes, that fear argues in the first case for better palliative care.
That is an interesting last word, Isabel. I will find time to read Andrew’s Views. I wrote too long an email on the topic that I did not send and it should be couched in yet a longer narrative. However, if I can make the world a more rational place with Focused Listening that will obviate some of these issues.
Laurna – And I should have been clear that it was offered as the last in a sequence only, not a definitive statement. And we’ll see what else comes my way on this challenging topic.