Which is precisely what has been proposed under Obamacare.
Posted on 06/27/2011 4:19:29 PM PDT by wagglebee
Something not usually mentioned is that there is a cultural quirk about the Dutch which gives them abnormally high suicide rates.
“The Netherlands, with a population of only 16.8 million, have an estimated 100,000 suicide attempts every year, resulting in “only” 1600 deaths, because successful suicides are often registered by the government as traffic or industrial accidents.”
Importantly, neither euthanasia nor assisted suicide are counted in these statistics. If they were, the number of suicide deaths would be over 5,000. Yet even this is an under count, as many additional medical euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths are not counted in their own statistics.
Is anyone surprised? All who oppose euthanasia warned about this at the start.
*snort*
They deserve to be taken over by the Muslims.
Lesson: When it comes to medical care for sick, elderly people, never go Dutch.
It takes, I am sure, a lot of keen minds and lots of resources to find and develop a cure for diseases like Alzheimer's.
It is my guess, though, that there are probably few people working to find a cure for Alzheimer's. And I would likewise guess that the Dutch spend much money looking for a cure for Alzheimer's.
It is so much easier (and less expensive) to give people the "choice" of killing themselves (along with some encouraging words about "not wanting to be a burden") when they receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer's.
It seems to me it's been an active area of research, as I periodically see reports of new findings in the newspaper. I know my mom had medication which seemed to us to have helped a lot in stabilizing her condition.
Did you know that John James Audubon ( i.e. THE Audubon, ) succumbed to Alzheimer's in his early sixties? A very sad end to an amazing life.
People should not try to play God. I think He might frown on that.........
Reminds me of Dr. Kevorkian, mercy be upon his soul, for that matter. Living Wills may not suddenly end all suffering but they would make it illegal for guys like Kevorkian to take matters into his own hands.
Whoah, what’s even more scary is how many of these top nations in rate per 100,000 are in Europe. The time of these stats varies from 2005 to 2010 but it is scary how much of the top nations are European nations, but then again, you have to wonder what the problem is there as well.
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