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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To me it's unethical to let someone suffer until they finally pass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's a false dichotomy.

The principle of double effect allows one to attempt to relieve suffering with treatments having high mortality rates.

Euthanasia is a cost-saving measure to avoid the high costs of palliative care for non-palliative patients, and in the examples cited in the article -- healthcare in general.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As a disabled person who does not make enough money to exist, this is how I see it for social programs as well. Keep the sick and injured in a constant state of anxiety and neediness until they finally break and ask for maid. It's easier to get maid than it is to be respected as a human being.

That being said, also as a sick/ disabled person I am glad maid does exist.