Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:


You see, I want to be assured that my physician is always on my
side, that he will never, ever, contemplate taking my life. It is
his job to INTERFERE with the death process. He will always lose,
but he should never, never, never quit trying.

It is his/her job to do what is best for you medically. Period.
Exclamation point. If that is help you shuffle off this mortal coil,
then they should be able to give you their best available advice. That
sometimes may include stopping the artifical and letting nature take
its course. About the only part of the plan I can get into without
reservation is that the counselling should be done. Actually BEFORE
you are in an extremis situation.

The only problem with the counseling is that it is done by the government
and the government has an interest in the outcome. It is the appearance (and
the temptation) to do evil that's troublesome.

The government should AT LEAST offer counseling by the institution's chaplin
as a choice.