You got cost to life and you got cost to death - Both are costy, if unexpected happens. Ideally, you can choose both proactively.
Having worked in Hospitals, I realized that Healthcare cost, a big trunk of it, comes from near-dying care - not well defined life of extension. Often, patients want to die with dignity - when they're aware of who they're able to decide how to ge to Heaven.
I's shocked when I read 貝爾獎得主 勒內·德迪 took physician-assisted-suicide (I don't like this term) - better to use "physician-assisted-end-of-life" as below.
((((諾獎得主德迪夫以安樂死方式逝世 曾揭示複雜細胞的起源 因發現溶酶體而獲得1974年諾貝爾生理學獎的比利時生物學家克裏斯汀·德迪夫(Christian de Duve),在5月4日選擇了安樂死。他出生於1917年,在生命的最後幾周,他給自己的朋友寫信告訴了他們自己選擇安樂死的原因,並在子女到齊之後執行了安樂死,享壽95歲。在比利時安樂死已經合法化。 信中提到:“在家中跌倒後,便決定選擇自己結束生命。要說我不怕死,那是誇大其詞,但我不怕死後的世界,因為我不是教徒。當我消失時,就是消失了,什麽也不會留下。”))))
In Chinese culture, it's well known 出自《論語》:季路問事鬼神,子曰:“未能事人,焉能事鬼?”“敢問死?”曰:“未知生,焉知死?”
Listening to Nobel Laureate Christian René De Duve (中文翻譯見後) 聆聽諾貝爾獎得主 勒內·德迪夫 Christian René, viscount De Duve is a 1974 Nobel laureate, honored for his discovery of subcellular organelles. ...2972 次閱讀|5 個評論
Death with Dignity laws allow qualified terminally-ill adults to voluntarily request and receive a prescription medication to hasten their death. As of June 9, 2016, California, Oregon,Vermont, and Washington have Death with Dignity statutes. In Montana, physician-assisted dying is legal by State Supreme Court ruling.
In the United States there are assisted dying laws restricted to terminally ill and mentally competent adults in Oregon, Montana, Washington, Vermont, California, and Colorado. Oregon was the first United States State to legalize assisted suicide, which was achieved through popular vote.
Other terms include physician-assisted death, physician-assisted dying, physician-hastened death/dying, aid in dying, physician aid in dying, and medical aid in ...