Euthanasia Provider to Alzheimer's Patients: The Best Remedy is Death

LifeSiteNews ^ | 6/20/08 | Tim Waggoner

[HangnJudge]

And the Hindu Physician's Oath
Vaidya’s Oath

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_the_Hindu_physician

The oath of the Hindu physician, also known as the Vaidya’s Oath, was an oath taken by Hindu physicians. It is dated from the 15th century BCE and requires physicians not to eat meat, drink, or commit adultery. Similar to the Hippocratic Oath, the Vaidya’s Oath entreats physicians not to harm their patients and be solely devoted to their care, even if this put their lives in danger.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

They do have a point, unrelated to euthanasia.

If you or a relative suspect loss of mental capacity, it is imperative that they get their legal and financial house in order immediately. Because once that diagnosis has been made, every legal action they make after can be challenged on grounds of competency. And not just by family members, but by outsiders.

This means that they need their will made out, any family trusts that have to be created or have their chain of inheritance verified. Assets that could be protected must be.

Family need to be on the sign in sheet, sharing ownership for safety deposit boxes. Bank and checking accounts should be in two names. Credit cards secured.

Debts have to be accounted for, as well as reoccurring debts.

Powers of attorney need to be obtained ASAP.

And THEN see the doctor.

The assumption has to be that there is at least a chance that some hostile interest will try and get control over the person, their estate, their insurance, etc., using a diagnosis of mental incapacity to treacherous advantage.

And remember, if you do have a living will entrusted to relatives, it doesn’t mean that they have to let others know about it, if it is in your best interests.

Conversely, if some hospital tries to seize control of a patient, a living will can be used to take the patient to a different hospital, especially if the hospital intended to kill them.

A living will could save their life.

[HangnJudge]

And a Japanese Physician Oath
Seventeen Rules of Enjuin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Rules_of_Enjuin

...In our school, teaching about poisons is prohibited, nor should you receive instructions about poisons from other physicians. Moreover, you should not give abortives to the people.
You should rescue even such patients as you dislike or hate. You should do virtuous acts, but in such a way that they do not become known to people. To do good deeds secretly is a mark of virtue.
You should not exhibit avarice and you must not strain to become famous. You should not rebuke or reprove a patient, even if he does not present you with money or goods in gratitude....

[Xenophon450]

This is a scientific breakthrough...not only have they discovered the cure for Alzheimer’s, but every other disease and ailment as well. /s

[peeps36]

Alzheimer's is a horrible disease that makes the family suffer just as much or maybe more than the person suffering from the disease. My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's about ten years ago. My father had a real hard time because he felt guilty about putting her in a convalescent home. For five years he spent all his time outside of work taking care of her but he couldn't continue without the help of his three sisters who were nurses. Eventually he had to come to grips with putting her in the nursing home but it cost him his relationship with his sisters. It's sad because my grandmother would be heartbroken to know that her illness caused a rift between her children. I don't know if my father will ever forgive his sisters because they wouldn't even try to keep their mother out of a nursing home. I think my father waited a little too long and his sisters refused to wait long enough.

[wagglebee]

Thank you for all of those different medical oaths. The Hippocratic Oath was perfect for thousands of years until the culture of death decided that they should be allowed to play god.

[HangnJudge]

The Hippocratic Oath was perfect for thousands of years until the culture of death decided that they should be allowed to play god.

No argument here...
I am actually old enough to have taken the Hippocratic Oath
Not only will I not Knowingly take another's Life
I can't do so without breaking who I am
And fracturing the Mantle of Authority which binds my actions

I am convinced that to a great degree,
our lives are defined by our Oaths

They should be entered into with only the most grave of intents
Breaching an Oath breaks who you are, IMHO

[Doe Eyes]

Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in the elderly can be caused by something as simple as a vitamin or mineral deficiency, or by a reaction to medication for other conditions.

Just a nother made up Liberal disease to allow old folks to drink from the government teat.

[wagglebee]

Unfortunately, there are few left practicing medicine who took the true Hippocratic Oath and while many who took the new one live their lives by the original Oath (my father-in-law and his brother both took the newer one in the early 1970s but have always adhered to the original Oath), they seem to be few and far between these days.

It used to be that people would joke about their doctor always being on the golf course; but it was just a joke, he was there when needed. Today too many doctors are more concerned with insurance billing standards than they are with their patients. And now it seems that the guiding principles for some physicians is to devise ever more effective ways to end their patients lives.

[lonestar]

Why doesn’t he practice what he preaches!

[sionnsar]

And today it will be a “right” to die, but tomorrow it will be a “duty” to die.

[Marie]

What makes me want to vomit is that a vit B-12 deficiency can impair mental ability terribly. People need to be evaluated if they have a problem. Many times there *is* a solution.

I had a vit B-1 deficiency and thought I was dying. I prayed to G-d to help me finish raising my children. In all ways; memory, vocabulary, problem-solving; I was loosing it. After I started the shots I had a new life.

My mother was deficient in B-12. She was ready to commit suicide from the depression alone. She felt like a terrible burden. A month of shots later and she was ready to fight again.

Something as simple as Celiac Disease or IBD can deplete your body of nutrients and put you into a downward spiral.

Don't give up so easily on life. It's hard-won and shouldn't be thrown away.

[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri Dailies

8mm

[floriduh voter]

Yup. The profit motive kind of kills the entire process for me.

[Dog Gone]

Profits are bad.

Nobody should be motivated to do anything based on profit.

It's just wrong.

[seoul62]

Proposed Chief of Staff for the candidate whose race and middle name must not be mentioned./Just Asking - seoul62.......

[floriduh voter]

If killing someone for their organs is motivated by PROFIT, that’s IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL and euthanasia I might add. Don’t try to paint me as anti-capitalist. I’m anti-euthanasia where there’s a HUGE PROFIT MOTIVE to kill innocent people who aren’t terminal.

[floriduh voter]

Guess what? Science is in the process of unlocking the key to dissolving those nasty proteins that make goo in the brain and kill brain cells. If they figure out a way to stop those nasty proteins, there’s a potential cure or Alzheimer’s.

[Sun]

“Guess what? Science is in the process of unlocking the key to dissolving those nasty proteins that make goo in the brain and kill brain cells. If they figure out a way to stop those nasty proteins, there’s a potential cure or Alzheimer’s.”

That is such good news! My dad had Alzheimer’s and had high protein in his blood work, but I’m not sure if it was the same kind of protein.

Astute doctors are having their patients get blood tests to track protein, because too much can also cause heart attacks. I’m also not sure if the kind that causes heart attacks is the same as the kind that causes Alzheimer’s.

I’ll have to ask my doctor next time I go for a check up.