I just listened to this great episode by Matthew Ehret on the Duran. For those curious and concerned about MAID, please skip ahead to around 1:13: https://substack.com/home/post/p-160417852.
Thank you for articulating and parsing the very qualms and uneasiness I have felt since the introduction of MAID. I have experienced the push to let someone die, contrary to that person’s desire, once they gave me their power of attorney. I was harassed every time I visited my friend in the hospital, I constantly received phone calls at home urging me to void his right of resuscitation. Simply to try to have some quiet time with him in the hospital became an impossibility. It was a toxic atmosphere. The pressure was unbelievable and made me wonder where was the Hippocratic oath in these times.
So when MAID was introduced, the legislation did not sit well with me, considering my experience.
I agree completely with the points you're making, Eleanor. I know people who have had terminal illnesses who chose MAID, and I feel fine about the choice they made. However, I also know of people who have talked with a social worker about being suicidal when in their thirties, and the only option they were presented with was MAID.
And, I agree too, that when our government is willing to fund and support a genocide in Gaza, what are their actual values?
I just listened to this great episode by Matthew Ehret on the Duran. For those curious and concerned about MAID, please skip ahead to around 1:13: https://substack.com/home/post/p-160417852.
Thank you for articulating and parsing the very qualms and uneasiness I have felt since the introduction of MAID. I have experienced the push to let someone die, contrary to that person’s desire, once they gave me their power of attorney. I was harassed every time I visited my friend in the hospital, I constantly received phone calls at home urging me to void his right of resuscitation. Simply to try to have some quiet time with him in the hospital became an impossibility. It was a toxic atmosphere. The pressure was unbelievable and made me wonder where was the Hippocratic oath in these times.
So when MAID was introduced, the legislation did not sit well with me, considering my experience.
I agree completely with the points you're making, Eleanor. I know people who have had terminal illnesses who chose MAID, and I feel fine about the choice they made. However, I also know of people who have talked with a social worker about being suicidal when in their thirties, and the only option they were presented with was MAID.
And, I agree too, that when our government is willing to fund and support a genocide in Gaza, what are their actual values?