I think you are totally off base equating a patient’s refusal of end-stage cancer treatment with euthanasia.
Steve
I agree with you. Patients should be able to MAKE the decision.
The side effects of some therapies are quite devastating. And when they aren’t a true cure, should we push for longest period of suffering?
I agree with you. There’s a big difference between me refusing another treatment and suicide. In fact, there’s no connection at all.
I agree I know many people who have refused further treatment besides palliative treatment.
“I think you are totally off base equating a patient’s refusal of end-stage cancer treatment with euthanasia.”
I agree. I had two brothers die because they refused treatment. One of them had gone through the entire regiment
and got a few extra years of life, broke, out of work, and basically mobility limited. He went into remission and refused to do those painful treatments again.
Palliative care works and YOU make the decision.
I agree. My late husband had pancreatic cancer (he died of a stroke before he even had a consult with the oncologist about chemo). I know that chemo for that cancer is very debilitating and must be repeated frequently. This is all with an outcome that likely will only extend life by weeks if not days. At great financial cost as well. I think he would have opted for pain management with at home care until hospice.