[blackdog]

If you are suffering from a terminal illness and have a good relationship with a family doctor, such public debates as a matter of policy are irrelevant.

My mom died from ALS and chose to stay at her home with her family until she could pass away on her terms. Her doctor prescribed her sedatives. He was very careful in choosing his words on dosage. He explained to my mom that with a compromised pulmonary system that a few too many of the sedatives would halt her breathing. He made sure she understood that.

Ones final exit is a very private matter. Dragging it up and down the media streets for public policy debates is not where the matter belongs.

[laplata]

Her doctor prescribed her sedatives. He was very careful in choosing his words on dosage. He explained to my mom that with a compromised pulmonary system that a few too many of the sedatives would halt her breathing. He made sure she understood that.

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That was exactly what my uncle experienced in 2001.