tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post7965467174204417214..comments2024-03-28T13:26:59.030-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Patients can no longer assume that doctors are committed to protecting life.Alex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-6990034227775348982020-09-12T17:26:12.755-04:002020-09-12T17:26:12.755-04:00A loss of trust indeed...
The point I am trying t...A loss of trust indeed...<br /><br />The point I am trying to make in this series of articles, is that the supposed "demand" for death is a sham.<br /><br />Patients do not (typically) want to die ! It would seem much more likely that administrators are pushing euthanasia because they simply wish to "make the trains run on time".gordon friesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093992667966373256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-45012990162965428482020-09-12T17:22:54.162-04:002020-09-12T17:22:54.162-04:00The point that I am trying to make in this series ...The point that I am trying to make in this series of articles is that the supposed demand for death is a sham. It is not patients who desire death. It appears much more to be the "system" trying to "make the trains run on time".<br /><br />gordon friesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093992667966373256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-31738100400749361192020-08-21T14:53:39.026-04:002020-08-21T14:53:39.026-04:00A family member of mine was euthanized at a hospic...A family member of mine was euthanized at a hospice in Ontario last summer, but if I hadn't ordered the medical records and had them reviewed by a healthcare professional I would've never found out what happened. To make a long story short what the doctor said to me over the phone about the medications given and what the records revealed were two very different stories.Susan Ennsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-2652086416876758752020-08-19T17:39:29.237-04:002020-08-19T17:39:29.237-04:00I agree with Gordon Friesen. After my doctor for o...I agree with Gordon Friesen. After my doctor for over four decades retired I was shunted to an "Access Centre," the place I was told would accept "complicated patients" like me. In my first visit with a doctor there I was asked whether I have an advance healthcare directive. Such directives, the standard versions, assume that the person is designating the conditions under which they would no longer want to live. However, the doctor did not give her views on the subject and I hesitated to ask for fear of receiving a less-than-positive response and possibly a refusal of services. Physicians holding utilitarian views may believe that their motives are compassionate but they fail to recognize that such views lead to a loss of trust in their profession. I was placed in the care of a doctor who is part-time family medicine and part time palliative care. So far she has done her job (as I see it) but how do I know when she will want to switch to palliative care and nudge me to the nearest cemetery? How can I trust her or any other doctor these days?Ruth Ennsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-76788193025052423522020-08-02T21:56:19.141-04:002020-08-02T21:56:19.141-04:00HI Cathie,
That would indeed be an excellent prin...HI Cathie,<br /><br />That would indeed be an excellent principle. In Quebec, where I live, people get on a two hundred plus day public waiting list to meet a prospective family doctor, but this info is not provided up front. Your suggestion would help a lot in that context.<br /><br />best,<br /><br />Gordongordon friesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093992667966373256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-81312924273642046572020-07-30T18:37:55.711-04:002020-07-30T18:37:55.711-04:00Before treating a patient, all medical practitione...Before treating a patient, all medical practitioners should be required to state their stand on life issues.<br />cathie butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14420687815637188869noreply@blogger.com