Bodily autonomy is so important and the right to end your life is important. Palliative care and hospice care are fantastic for those who need it, but once all those options have been exhausted and progress can’t be made on a cure or at least quality of life improvements, you reach a point where giving the patient the tools to take their life makes ethical sense.
Canadian doctors who provide euthanasia struggle with the ethics of killing vulnerable patients
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mitexleo@buddyverse.one 6 months ago
To me, it’s unethical.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
To me it’s unethical to let someone suffer until they finally pass.
yannic@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
That’s a false dichotomy.
The principle of double effect allows one to relieve one’s suffering with treatments having high mortality rates.