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effervescence · 21-07-2012, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by The One Who

It's possible to have both though, is it not? Palliative care may allow someone to die with some amount of dignity in a place that's more "like home" than on some clinical ward somewhere. Yes, it's more expensive, but is that all that matters? A lot of drug treatments are incredibly expensive, and offer little benefit, yet some people can access them through the NHS.

Yes by all means have both! I just brought this up because at the moment the option for euthanasia is widely illegal and I don't think it shoud be.

The thing about expensive drug treatments is a whole other contentious issue!

21-07-2012, 12:32 AM	#53
effervescence tired Join Date: Feb 2008 I am currently:	Quote: Originally Posted by The One Who It's possible to have both though, is it not? Palliative care may allow someone to die with some amount of dignity in a place that's more "like home" than on some clinical ward somewhere. Yes, it's more expensive, but is that all that matters? A lot of drug treatments are incredibly expensive, and offer little benefit, yet some people can access them through the NHS. Yes by all means have both! I just brought this up because at the moment the option for euthanasia is widely illegal and I don't think it shoud be. The thing about expensive drug treatments is a whole other contentious issue!
effervescence tired Join Date: Feb 2008 I am currently:	Even as the stone of the fruit must break that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.