Your elderly parent is on palliative care due to a terminal illness and pleads with you to just let him/her die. Do you give in to this wish?

I would give them the same respect and freedom of choice I'd want myself. If I'm "out of my mind" with pain then taking that into consideration (if some form of relief is possible) is okay, otherwise it's my life. Taking that choice away from me would be the most disrespectful and unloving thing another human being can do to another.

Until you're in the situation yourself, making judgements (moral or ethical) is like a man telling a woman she can't get a sex change. It's her body, not yours. Ending one's life by choice is a very honorable thing to URL1 many cultures it's a normal part of life and in some cases is expected if the burden of life is too great on the family.

I'd rather choose my date than live way past my due date just because "medicine" is capable of forcing life into me. My father died from pancreatic cancer. He was so healthy that the cancer didn't kill him in two weeks (like it did everyone else in the ward the day he was diagnosed).

He lived for 2 more years! SO healthy was he that the cancer didn't eat him away and kill him.It grew into a tumor that was so big (and inoperable) that he starved to death. Could they have kept him alive longer?

Perhaps. But his quality of life would have been robbed from him. It was his choice to accept Hospice care and keep his mind and body as clear and healthy as possible.

We enjoyed every moment we had together. I respect him completely for his choice and we all supported him until the very end. Adults make adult choices all the time.

Take that away and you become their jailer. Not their friend or family. Wait until it's your turn and someone else pushes their opinions on you against your will.

See how you like it. Trust me, you won't. To claim to value life as a reason to prolong it beyond our years is ridiculous.

Part of life is death.It's natural and everyone will experience it. We're born, we live, we die. Don't get in the way just because you are uncomfortable with it.

I don't stop people from eating meat just because I don't agree with the killing of animals for profit and unhealthy consumption. I just don't do it myself. Deal with your personal issues on your own time.

What the person who is dying needs the most is to be supported and loved (through respecting their wishes) more than you know because they've lost all control over their life, their body and now you're wanting to take the last bit of control they have away from them? Shame on you. Show some love and respect for their wishes even if it makes you sad.Really.

Think about them and their needs during their time of great illness. Not yours.

It would depend on the amount of pain their in. If the pain is physically unbearable then yes let them make their peace with dignity!

There are many states that are making assisted suicide legal in these cases. If I lived in a state where this was legal, I probably would. A terminal illness on top of constant pain is more than someone should have to bear.

I could never understand why it was okay to make these decisions for our pets but not for ourselves or our relatives in this condition. A trusted doctor would surely know what is best for a patient at this point. Of course, if you couldn't stomach it then you don't have to but to have the option is nice.

We aren't talking about depressed teenagers here or people who just dont' feel like dealing with the problems in life, we are talking about people who have no hope to ever get or feel better. It is a miserable way to live life for everyone involved. Being without the person isn't really the best option either.It's a lose/lose situation.

However, I would not do it if it were not legal in the state. Jail isn't my idea of a great way to spend a few years.

If an elderly parent has a terminal illness and pleads with me to just let him die, I won't give in to his request no matter what. My parents have brought me up to value life as much as possible and if he will request me for this I know that he will understand why I have to decline. I will just brush off that request he make and will not give it a much a thought because I know that he only said this because of his illness and he cannot think straight and he doesn't want me to feel burdened.

Instead, I will reassure him that I will never leave his side. I will read to him books that he likes, magazines or articles so that he will not feel bored. As much as possible I will spend more time with him so that he will not feel abandon and neglected.My father want to talk about anything and everything under the sun.

I should know because I have taken care of my father when he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. We talked a lot like we have never talked before. The only difference is that he was always optimistic about his illness.

He never showed that his spirit is broken, he persists. Maybe he doesn't want me to get worried too much about his illness. He even whispered in my ear that he is getting better.

So, I was devastated that after a few days he passed away. So, if ever my father will make this unusual request to just let him die, I will find ways to make him forget that he ever requested that kind of thing. I will tell him that I love him so much that I cannot give in to his request.

I will pray that He will be able to understand why I have to disagree and pray that God will send his Holy Spirit to strengthen my father and carry his burden for him.

If it is legal... then i'd respect their wishes... I might not be part of it... but... hmm.. I dunno.

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