10-06-2015, 04:46 PM
I see this as a good thing and the governor is right; it should be an option for those based on their prognosis and suffering.
Some people are worried about insurance ramifications but I heard that over 100 people have taken that option in Oregon and I haven't heard about people being forced to do so against their will.
It really already exists to a degree. We were all told (my dad included) that when he was "done" the hospice nurse would give him a dose of morphine that he basically wouldn't recover from. When that time came, he could no longer speak but when the nurse asked him if he wanted the morphine, he gave a thumbs up, never regained consciousness and died within a day and a half. Without gasping, struggling or anything else that indicated he was suffering at the end.
Good job, Jerry.
Some people are worried about insurance ramifications but I heard that over 100 people have taken that option in Oregon and I haven't heard about people being forced to do so against their will.
It really already exists to a degree. We were all told (my dad included) that when he was "done" the hospice nurse would give him a dose of morphine that he basically wouldn't recover from. When that time came, he could no longer speak but when the nurse asked him if he wanted the morphine, he gave a thumbs up, never regained consciousness and died within a day and a half. Without gasping, struggling or anything else that indicated he was suffering at the end.
Good job, Jerry.
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