What is your opinion on euthanasia?

[marlonbrowndo]

Had a dog that we had to put down because it got cancer. Whats your opinion on this when it comes to both humans and animals?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Euthanasia is to be detested on all counts.

Pain management is a better alternative.

And it is banned from religious perspective too.

 

[Nostalgic]

Youth in Asia are the future. Numerous, prodigiously gifted, with the motivation to match. This century belongs to them.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Youth in Asia are the future. Numerous, prodigiously gifted, with the motivation to match. This century belongs to them.

This is how i was taught to pronounce the word when I was little lol

 

[Mamoon]

Sometimes, things need to be done, even if they sound insensitive, because you to have look at the bigger picture.

The practice of euthanasia is often criticized for being immoral but that is because a lot of people fail to take things into perspective and believe that under no circumstances can the life of a living thing by taken by force.

As far as I am concerned and I will look at it from the point of view of my profession, if the patient himself tells you in advance to make it quick and end his suffering if he/she is not curable, then as a doctor, I believe you are obliged to obey; you definitely who the person this and respect his decision.

Similarly, if the person's family tells you do it because they realize that there is no hope and cannot see the suffering of their loved one anymore, you have to do it. What choice do you have?

And yes - these things actually happen. Rare but it happens.

Another reason is practicality. A hospital has limited resources and any individual doctor can only focus on any individual for a certain time period only.

There are time constraints as well as cost constraints. The time that you spend on helplessly trying to cure a patient who is not curable, can be utilized to help a patient who has chance of surviving.

A hospital cannot keep a patient forever that is essentially a breathing dead body. At some point, they will have to move the person on, because he or she is taking up recourses of someone who has chances of survival. However in these cases, you are ethically and morally bound to communicate with the person's family first.

People who believe that euthanasia is not acceptable under any circumstances in the medical profession will also take offense to the fact that almost all cancer hospitals, including SKMH in Pakistan, reserve rights to admit patients, because they often choose not to waste their time and resources on a patient who has no chance of survival and will be dead in a matter of months.

A relative of mine died from sarcoma back in January, which is a very aggressive cancer. He got diagnosed in September 2014 and when he went to SKMH with his reports, they told him that they cannot take him in because he is not treatable and has only 8 months to live.

According to SKMH, he should have died around the summer of 2015, but he managed to hang on till January 2016 because of chemotherapy sessions in another hospital.

Now, some people will say that what SKMH did was extremely unethical, but look at it from their point of view. What choice did they have? They treat thousands of cancer patients every day and cancer medicine does not come cheap. Can they really afford to waste time and energy with an individual who has no chance of survival?

My opinion is that any medical progressional should ne strong enough to be able to pull it off. Yes it's a difficult thing to do, very difficult in fact, but if the time comes, he or she must be able to do the right thing, but one hopes that he or she doesn't have to make a decision like this ever.

As far as religion is concerned, I would say that medical science was not developed enough in the 7th century for euthanasia to become necessary from medical perspective.

Complex drugs weren't developed that could extend the life of a person well beyond his natural limit.

It was not possible at that time for a person to stay in coma for months and even years.

Death was quicker at that time, because people were allowed to die.

 

[JaDed]

Should be allowed,no point being a vegetable.

 

[Belawal2014]

Sometimes, things need to be done, even if they sound insensitive, because you to have look at the bigger picture.

The practice of euthanasia is often criticized for being immoral but that is because a lot of people fail to take things into perspective and believe that under no circumstances can the life of a living thing by taken by force.

As far as I am concerned and I will look at it from the point of view of my profession, if the patient himself tells you in advance to make it quick and end his suffering if he/she is not curable, then as a doctor, I believe you are obliged to obey; you definitely who the person this and respect his decision.

Similarly, if the person's family tells you do it because they realize that there is no hope and cannot see the suffering of their loved one anymore, you have to do it. What choice do you have?

And yes - these things actually happen. Rare but it happens.

Another reason is practicality. A hospital has limited resources and any individual doctor can only focus on any individual for a certain time period only.

There are time constraints as well as cost constraints. The time that you spend on helplessly trying to cure a patient who is not curable, can be utilized to help a patient who has chance of surviving.

A hospital cannot keep a patient forever that is essentially a breathing dead body. At some point, they will have to move the person on, because he or she is taking up recourses of someone who has chances of survival. However in these cases, you are ethically and morally bound to communicate with the person's family first.

People who believe that euthanasia is not acceptable under any circumstances in the medical profession will also take offense to the fact that almost all cancer hospitals, including SKMH in Pakistan, reserve rights to admit patients, because they often choose not to waste their time and resources on a patient who has no chance of survival and will be dead in a matter of months.

A relative of mine died from sarcoma back in January, which is a very aggressive cancer. He got diagnosed in September 2014 and when he went to SKMH with his reports, they told him that they cannot take him in because he is not treatable and has only 8 months to live.

According to SKMH, he should have died around the summer of 2015, but he managed to hang on till January 2016 because of chemotherapy sessions in another hospital.

Now, some people will say that what SKMH did was extremely unethical, but look at it from their point of view. What choice did they have? They treat thousands of cancer patients every day and cancer medicine does not come cheap. Can they really afford to waste time and energy with an individual who has no chance of survival?

My opinion is that any medical progressional should ne strong enough to be able to pull it off. Yes it's a difficult thing to do, very difficult in fact, but if the time comes, he or she must be able to do the right thing, but one hopes that he or she doesn't have to make a decision like this ever.

As far as religion is concerned, I would say that medical science was not developed enough in the 7th century for euthanasia to become necessary from medical perspective.

Complex drugs weren't developed that could extend the life of a person well beyond his natural limit.

It was not possible at that time for a person to stay in coma for months and even years.

Death was quicker at that time, because people were allowed to die.

Should be allowed,no point being a vegetable.

Exactly my views. Same goes for Physician Assisted Suicide. People have the right to freedom, freedom of speech, so why not the right to an honorable death?

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Had a dog that we had to put down because it got cancer. Whats your opinion on this when it comes to both humans and animals?

Euthanasia is to be detested on all counts.

Pain management is a better alternative.

And it is banned from religious perspective too.

Euthanasia is not permitted in Islam.


Since Islam is Pro Life so it is not allowed.


Yes Islam is 1500 years old but had there been a major Disagreement amongst Muslims on this topic than surely Allah would have given a ruling through
" Hakam Wa Addal " but Allah did not feel the need to do so.



1. https://youtu.be/kxe_ax6yI0c
(5 min vid)


2. https://youtu.be/FcPXuD5ufR0
(Watch from 49:30 to 52:00)

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

 

[Robert]

I'm all for it. People should be allowed the choice to end their lives. Medical science reaches a point where it is no longer life-enhancing but merely death-denying, leaving patients in a wretched state worse than death.

 

[anuk]

It's haram

Case closed.

 

[The_KING]

Well I can't say I'm exactly for it but I can understand the arguments for it as well.

 

[endymion248]

We don't make the choice to be born so there is no reason why we can't make the choice to die if we want to.

Of course, the choice should be done in fair mind so that excludes curable depression and temporary circumstances, hence the need for time and therapy before the euthanasia is administered.

 

[CricFan2012]

Yes. Saves money and pain.

 

[Belawal2014]

I'm sure 90% of the detractors are because of religious reasons.

 

[Belawal2014]

Euthanasia is to be detested on all counts.

Pain management is a better alternative.

And it is banned from religious perspective too.

How much does the Hippocratic Oath play in to this?

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

I'm sure 90% of the detractors are because of religious reasons.

Religion is a distracting force or is it a way of life ?

 

[Belawal2014]

Religion is a distracting force or is it a way of life ?

When it comes to the topic of Euthanasia, it is most certainly a detracting factor. Ask most doctors, or read up some research-based books on google, and you'll find the number one reason people oppose Euthanasia or PAS is for religious purposes.

The argument is that all life comes from god, that only God can give life, and therefore only he has the right to take away life. Which is quite absurd in my honest opinion. A man's suffering, has no hope of getting better, is counting down the days to his demise, WANTS death but is not given death.

I don't possibly see any other reason why religion would oppose Euthanasia or PAS.

 

[The_KING]

Even though Islam says euthanasia is wrong, I don't necessarily disagree with it. A few months ago, my grandmother died. And the last 3 weeks of her life, she was admitted in a hospital and was in excruciating pain and it was obvious to everyone that there is no hope for recovery or survival. So I guess in that case, it's better to end their suffering sooner rather than see them suffer every second of their remaining life. I don't know if I'm for it or against it. It's a complicated issue for me.

 

[miandadrules]

I'm totally in favour of it, provided it is done in thorough and considerate manner.

To keep someone in excruciating manner to please the sensitivities of others is disgraceful.

 

[CricketCartoons]

yes and yes. so that they stop being a burden on the earning members of the family.

 

[last_knight]

1= ACUTE ILLNESS leading to vegetative state or brainstem insult,
?Euthanasia? NEVER.

2 = LONG STANDING CHRONIC ILLNESS , leading to vegetative state or brainstem insult,
?Euthanasia? INDIVIDUALISE THE DECISION.


Approach varies from person to person. All my clinical service todate, I have always discouraged it and will never approve of it.

 

[Firebat]

New law allowing assisted suicide takes effect in Austria

A law allowing assisted suicide has taken effect in Austria.

From Saturday, adults who are terminally ill or have a permanent, debilitating condition, can opt to make provisions for an assisted death.

Parliament approved the new law in December, following a constitutional court ruling on the issue.

The practice will be tightly regulated, with each case assessed by two doctors - one of whom would have to be a palliative medicine expert.

Officials say the government has also allocated funds to develop palliative care to ensure no one chooses to die when other options are available.

Assisted suicide, in which somebody is given the means to end their own life, is legal in neighbouring Switzerland.

It's also been decriminalised in several European countries, including Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Active assistance to suicide will remain outlawed in Austria, and the new rules explicitly exclude minors or those with mental health conditions.

Adults who want to end their lives must produce a diagnosis and have confirmation that they are able to make their own decisions.

After gaining approval from two doctors, patients must wait for 12 weeks to reflect on their decision - or two weeks if they have a terminal illness.

If they still want to go ahead after this waiting period, they can then get lethal drugs at a pharmacy after giving notification to a lawyer or notary.

To prevent abuse, the names of pharmacies that sell these drugs will only be disclosed to lawyers and notaries who receive these notifications, and will not be advertised publicly.

Until now, under Austrian law, anyone who induced or helped someone to kill themselves faced up to five years in prison.

An absolute ban on assisted dying was lifted by a federal court last year, which ruled that it "violated the right of self-determination".

But the same punishment will remain in place for those who kill another person at their "serious and emphatic request".

Before the new rules were approved by parliament this year, some political opponents argued that it placed too many hurdles in the way of those seeking assisted dying.

Others argued that too few restrictions were to be put in place, saying that a psychiatric evaluation was not enough to assess patients' decision-making ability.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59847371

 

[Giannis]

I'm against it especially when the patient is in cognitive decline like with dementia and parkinsons, they can't even make a decision and it's usually the family choosing to lessen their "burden"

 

[Hitman]

My father passed away on 14th November last year. If only physician assisted suicide was allowed here.

 

[moghul]

Youth in Asia are the future. Numerous, prodigiously gifted, with the motivation to match. This century belongs to them.

Haha, reminds me one of my interview for residency ( at SUNY downstate ) interviewer asked me "What is your opinion on euthanasia?" I thought he asked me about "youth in Asia", a bit surprised by the question , my reply was " well-- they are very talented but deserve more opportunities" he was equally surprised with my response .

 

[James]

This is an extremely complex question.

For me it would depend entirely on the individual context of the case and the patient’s prognosis.

When there is robust medical opinion that there is no hope of a recovery and no cure, and/or the patient has medically become a vegetable, it is understandable in my view that family members would elect to withdraw life support measures in those circumstances.

On the other hand I am less comfortable with physician assisted suicide by the use of drugs, and I believe this to be a much more controversial practice…