• Albbi
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    8 months ago

    To me it’s unethical to let someone suffer until they finally pass.

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      8 months ago

      That’s a false dichotomy.

      The principle of double effect allows one to attempt to relieve suffering with treatments having high mortality rates.

      Euthanasia is a cost-saving measure to avoid the high costs of palliative care for non-palliative patients, and in the examples cited in the article – healthcare in general.