Re: OT: How Doctors Die (not like the rest of us)
- From: Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:51:11 GMT
On 16 Jan 2012 Robin Bignall <docrobin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:04:54 -0800 (PST), Peter Brooks
<peter.h.m.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 16, 6:46 am, Peter Moylan <inva...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>I am not sure at all that this applies in England, even with a doctor who
wrote:
That's true, but the necessary drugs for euthanasia are not difficult
They also have access to drugs the rest of us can't get. Would they go
as gently if they had to ask a friend to travel to Mexico and sneak
something back in past customs?
to get hold of - doctors are usually cooperative, even in countries
where 'assisted suicide' is illegal, if it is for sound reasons. They
can provide the necessary drugs.
believes in a person's right to take their own life.
A lot of that depends on the doctor and the situation. Google for
"Principle of double effect".
Peter.
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(US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired.
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
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