有關安樂死, 據說在美國已經有7個州簽署法令準許安樂死。安樂死是有條件的,必須有病人家屬,醫生,律師和教堂牧師的見證下,在現有醫療條件下無法治療的晚期患者, 可以施行安樂死。 世界上隻有瑞士隻要有人願意,簽下安樂死的文件, 沒有附加條件就可以施行安樂死。 這就是 Dr. David Goodall 飛往瑞士的原因,並且需要支付2萬美金的費用。
假如我到了生不如死的那一天......也許......會飛往瑞士!
無陌逐非 發表評論於
現實生活中,大部分生不如死的老人不願意走。
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太對.同意,不怕老死,怕老殘
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How about looking into a Continuous Care Retirement Community (CCRC) where you can live independently when healthy, then when need arises, move into short term care or longterm/memory care facility. This is a different way of buying a long term insurance. Of course, homework is needed to screen out a good CCRC vs bad ones designed by for profit companies to scam senior citizens. Look for non profit CCRCs.
Being Mortal 中文版書名是 《最好的告別》,之外還有《當呼吸化為空氣》(When breath becomes air)。 這兩本都是醫生寫的。從普通人或者文學中老年的角度,Let's talk about death -- asking the questions that profoundly change the way we live and die
也不錯,翻譯後中文名是《攜死而生》(見豆瓣介紹:https://book.douban.com/review/10212921/)。這些在微信讀書,kindle上麵都有。您能夠身體基本健康,寫寫博客和大家交流,精神生活自由豐富,也是令人羨慕的養老方式啊。
回複 '7grizzly' 的評論 : “This is why even in middle age I'd like to figure out how I want to die and let it guide how I should live.” Thanks! I agree with you .
Thanks for sharing your story. This is why even in middle age I'd like to figure out how I want to die and let it guide how I should live.
Someone seemed to have figured out some time ago:
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blog/frontend.php?act=article&blogId=64243&date=201908&postId=28978
小溪姐姐 發表評論於
Alabama兄,您好!剛剛在名博菲兒新貼裏看到她的評論,轉載到您這兒如下。
印度裔醫生Atul Gawande寫的書《Being Mortal》有這麽一段話,特別的讓我深思:“It is not death that the very old tell me they fear. It is what happens short of death—losing their hearing, their memory, their best friends, their way of life. As Felix put it to me, “Old age is a continuous series of losses.” Philip Roth put it more bitterly in his novel Everyman: “Old age is not a battle. Old age is a massacre.”
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
我覺得生活質量很重要,在不能自理前,就應該考慮好如何不給任何人添加麻煩地,平安離去。
我們應該寫好遺囑,如病到某種程度就停藥,不搶救。在美國,是尊重病人意願的,(不會像在中國醫院為了創收,被強製用藥)意誌堅強的,也可以自己主動絕食絕水。當然希望到時候,安樂死可以合法化,最後一程能去瑞士的是很美麗幸運的.我先生的父母都是在德州醫院裏,神智非常清醒的狀況下,自己告訴醫生“I have a sound mind and I am telling you to stop giving me any medical treatments now 尤其是我的婆婆,向她的幾個Caregivers 一 一高別後,真是很有尊嚴,平靜地離去。
Alabama 發表評論於
回複 '清漪園' 的評論 : 謝謝留言! 在清醒, 有能力時簽下一份“Power of Attorney"就行, 在病人失去理智, 或肢體不能簽署文件時, 可由指定代理人簽署。在我太太病前都做了”Power of Attorney", 要不, 她喪失理智後入院和進入護理院都有困難。
有關安樂死, 據說在美國已經有7個州簽署法令準許安樂死。安樂死是有條件的,必須有病人家屬,醫生,律師和教堂牧師的見證下,在現有醫療條件下無法治療的晚期患者, 可以施行安樂死。 世界上隻有瑞士隻要有人願意,簽下安樂死的文件, 沒有附加條件就可以施行安樂死。 這就是 Dr. David Goodall 飛往瑞士的原因,並且需要支付2萬美金的費用。