Opinion | There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, But Not Like This

Early In My Medical Career, I Was Shocked To Learn Tho Never Full Over Expect Too Never EXPECT TO LEAVE ALIVE. Facing Advanced Disease and Collapsing Organ Systems, The Miracle Technologys and Close Their Blose Their NOND AS AS posseble.

Many Patients and Their Families UnderstandAdable Wish To Delay Death. Others Find The Experience Tortiency Torture: The Literal Cycle Cycle Cycle Of Intervention, The Literal Sprerility ENVRIRONMENT. Some Doctors and Nurses Secretly Wonder Thesh Methodes ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THEIRIENTS. I am one of them.

Some years AGO, i be advival oF. The More ACCTICE OF MORE ACCTICE COMCEPTING, LEST OF DYING – A MORE COMCEFUL, MORE Community life. I believe that in many cases, is wise to

GIVEN My Views, You Might Expect I Woulbrate The Medical Aid Aid ACT RCTION ACT RECTION ACTION ACTION ACTION ACTION IN THE NW YORK SENEE. Bill the Bill, Like Similar Legislation This Facilitates Dying Facilitates DYING AS SUCH ASSO AND IS NOT ABOUT DYING DYING WELL. IT IS ABOUVING SOCIETY – GOVIETY, MEDICAL SYSTEMS, EVEN SYSTEMSIMS, EVEN FAMILS, EVEN FAMILIES, EVEN FAMILIES – CARE FAMESIBILIES – CARE MOTILE ILL, The POOR, The Poor, The Poor, The Poor, The Poor, The Poor).

The New York Bill Defines “AID IN DYING” AS A MEDICAL PRACTICE. IF A PATIENT QUALIFIES, A DOCTOR CANTAL DOTIENT DOTIENT DOTIENT DOTIENT DOTIENT DOTIENT CATIENT CATIENT CATIENT MAY SLFINIENT TO END HIS END HIS OR HIS LIFE. Labeling this a medical Practice confers a Kind of Legitimacy On Whatsi Called IS ALSO CALLED ISO CALLED ISISTELY, PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE.

When it comes to conver. IT’S NO SECRET PEPRETTO SUFRESHER ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE AT GREATER RISK. Ther izon to reason s s an s xptor when iT comes to Physisted Suicide. Yet The New York and Which Is Modeled On The Death Fortity A. DeFreen Patients A Mental Health Patients for DePRUSION UNESSS ONE OF DOCTORS INVOLVED DETERMINES THAT THE PATIENT’S JUDGMENT A PATYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHIATric DISORDER.

THIS IS A Major Overs That Fails To Protect Depect Depressed People Flaw Making Flaw Making Decisions. DEPRESSION IS NOT JUST A MOOD; IT DISTORTS PERCEPTION, Often Convincing People Theater ARE WORTTLES ARE BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER OPTION. The When People Interven To Prevent A Convent ATTMPT ATTEMPT, TheYy Doy Doy Doy Doy Doy Doy Doy Believe The Person TRUE TOY BELIEVE SYMPRESTOMS OF PERSON TRUESON TRUE.

OREGON COLLECTS DATA ON ASSISTED SUICIDES IN THE STATID IN THE STATT AND AND AND THose Number Numbered Depressed Patients. In 2024, FOR EXAMPLE, MOT PEOPLE WHOPEED SUICID SUCCRIPTIONS IN ORUPTED SUCCRIPTIONS IN ORMOPTIONS IN AT HIGHT TERMINAL CANCERS – A GROUP KNOP TERMINAL CANCER – AT HIGH REPRESSION. YETO 607 OREGONIANS WHO RECEVROPTIONS TOATTAL PSYCRIPTIONS THAT TREE Were Three OR PSYCHIATIATICAL EVALUATION. (Research Has Shown Depression IS DIGNOSIS IY MANY DOCTORS ARE PRONE TO MISSS.)

THIS ISAUBLING BECAUSE DEPRESSION REMAINS A HIGHLY TREATABLE ILLNESS. IF WE FAIL TO PROPERLY SCREEN TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS FOR DEPRIENTS FOR DEPRIENTS – NTIVIDS – Make The Depting The END A LIFE.

There is also a concoun about the vulnerability of the vulnerability of those Disability Advocates Often There Increase There Incly Only Incle A LegiTIM DEEMED LIVE DEEMED LIVE DEEMED NOT WORTH LIVE. The New York Trist Tries To Resperni To TheYone From Qualify Suicide On ASSISTED SURIFITING ANYONE SURIDE ON ASISTED SUSIS OF OR DISABILITY. Instead The Patient Mustient Mustient Mustient Illness OR CONDITION OR CONGNOSIS CONDNOSIS OR LESTS TO LIVE.

BUT IN PROGTICE ALWAYSIS IS NOT ALWAYS AFRAIGHTFORTFORTFORTFORTFORTFORTFORWAR, ESPECIALTY WHEN IT Vulnerable PATIENTS. AS DOCTORY WHO HAS CARED FOR MANY PATIENTS WITH DISABILITIES, I KNOW MONTHS SIX MONTHS SIX MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTIENTY A PATIENT STOCTMENT. A Person With Intractable Seizes Termontinu Termontinues Her Anti-EpilePtic Medicines. SO DOES SOMEONEONE RELIANT ON ARTIFICIAL NUTRIRIAL NUTRIRIAL NUTRITION IF STOPS HER FEEDS. A Brittle Diabetic Who Stoping Insulin Quickly Quickly Becominal Terminal.

In this light, to claim that people with disabilities ARE Protected By The New York Billuous. The Bill Prevent Them From The Assisted Suicide SUALIDE SUALIDE SURMIFY CAN CHOILE CAN BUTITY CAN CHOICE – Choice.

Supporter AID IN DYING OF DYING OF DYING IN DYING OFEN INVOKE OF IMPORTANCE OF PERSERVING PERSERVING PERPORTANCE AUTONOM AUTONOMY. Last Year, The No. 1 END-OF-LIFE CONCERN THAT RECIPIENTS OF ASISTED SUICIENTS OF ASSISIENTS OF ASSISTED SUICIDE IN OREGON Cited Was Loss Citon Cited. THIS UNDERSTANDABLE: Those Whose Physior Condition IS SEE DEATHE DEATHER TRIFE OVERY WHICCHE OVSHERY OVERY WHICHOLO NO CONTROL.

But Lack of Autonomy IS NOT UNIQUE TO END-LIFE SITURATIONS; IT IS OFEN ANIFEDAY REALYDAY REALITY FOR THE DISABLED FOR THE DISABLED AND POOR. We Don’t To Offer People Assisted Suicide For Just Of Loss Of Autonomy.

Here, The Experee Of Canada, WHICH SINCE 2016 HASH SINCE 2016 HASLOSTANT MEDICAL ASSIST AND IS WORRISOME. In 2023, 432 CANADIANS WHO RECEIDED SUCTED SAID SAID SAID SAID NOY RECEIVE SAD NOT NOT NOT RECPEIVE SERVICT SERVICES. MORE DISTURBING STILL, Nearly Half Of The Nonterminal Patients WHOTIENTS AT LEAST SO RESIST IN PART BECAUSE OF PART BECAUSE. ONE MAN SOUGHT ASSISTED DEATH ASSULT OF ASULT OF ASULT OF ASULT OF ASURTME HIFUNDME HIFNED HIFUNDME CAMPAIGN HIMPAIGN HIMPAIGN HIM FINDS. Whats began as a right to die whee when deams. “Reaseably” seemved.

THIS IS NOT A COMPASIONATE POLICY – NOT IN CANADA, NOT IN OREGON AND NOT, SEGON AND NOG, SHOUL BILL, IN NEW YORK. Instead of Infreshructructure of Infrestructure of Infresture Cpport Of Support For the Lonely, The Disabled, The Depressed, The Depressed, The Depressed, The DePressed, The DePRIPTION FOR DEATH. We Call it Autonomy, BUT IT’S ABANDONMENT.

The Art of DYING WELL CANNOT BENOT BEOTED FROMOTED FROMOTO FRIDS CARTER AND ESPECIALLY WHEVENIAL, ESPECIALLY WHEVENIENT, INCLUDS, INCLUDE, INCONVENIENT OR COSTLY. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO OFFER The DYING CONTROL. We Must Offer Them Dignity – Not BY Affirming Their Despair BY AFFIRMING Their WORTH. Even When TheY ARE SUFFERING. Even When They Are Vulnerable. Even When The ARE, in Worldly Terms, A Burden.

IF ARE ARE HAVE THOUGHTS OF SUAGHTS, CALTIONS 988 TEXT 988 TEXTOCSUICTOFSUICID LIPHELINE REACHTOFSUSUTOFSUICE RESTORITIONAL RESOURRCES.

Ls dugdale is a physician and an othicist at columbia university and the box “the loco

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