{"id":17707,"date":"2021-03-04T01:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T08:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17707"},"modified":"2021-03-04T01:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T08:13:53","slug":"quick-takes-how-euthanasia-kills-death-by-non-doctors-death-by-organ-harvesting-death-by-starvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/03\/04\/quick-takes-how-euthanasia-kills-death-by-non-doctors-death-by-organ-harvesting-death-by-starvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 How Euthanasia Kills: Death By Non-Doctors; Death By Organ Harvesting; Death By Starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: The murderous paradox of homicidal choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ca9OX9tFeEs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SkullRx.gif\" alt=\"Death, Rx\" width=\"287\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You know people are eager to see people die when they see a patient\u2019s own long-term physician is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/washington-bill-to-let-non-doctors-participate-in-assisted-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obstacle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhen selling the legalization of assisted suicide, activists always promise that strict guidelines will protect against abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAfter legalization, these protections are rebranded as \u2018obstacles\u2019 or \u2018barriers\u2019 that prevent patients from getting what they want. As soon as activists think they can get away with it, the law is loosened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThat process is unfolding in Washington State, where a new bill would let non-doctors be part of the assisted suicide bureaucratic process. From HB 1141 (my emphasis):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018Attending ((physician)) qualified medical provider\u2019 means the physician, physician assistant . . . or advanced registered nurse practitioner who has primary responsibility for the care of the patient and treatment of the patient\u2019s terminal disease . . .\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Waste not; want not. Especially when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamasurgery\/article-abstract\/2776765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harvesting the organs of people you are killing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe patient is only sedated at home, which marks the start of euthanasia in legal terms but is medically only intended to remove consciousness while vital functions are maintained and secured. Coma induction and the start of the agonal phase subsequently take place in the intensive care unit after farewells at home and transportation. With the 5 minutes \u201cno touch,\u201d the total warm ischemia time until death decided was less than 7 minutes in this procedure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSuggesting that euthanasia must take place in the hospital disregards the deepest wishes of these donors: sick, hospital-weary human beings who have decided to end their pain in the comfort and privacy of their own home. Advocating the necessity for a hospital stay will alienate many potential donors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The New England Journal of Medicine seems to like the favorite torture-killing method of the vaunted U.K.\u2019s National Health Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/suicide-by-starvation-and-expanded-assisted-suicide-promoted-in-new-england-journal-of-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starvation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThen, Grandpa decides to go through with making himself dead. He tried to do the deed, but the thirst was too much. So, physician grandson palliates his grandfather so he can complete his suicide by starvation\u2013which in my mind is morally close to committing euthanasia:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018When I asked whether he was having second thoughts about hastening his death or just wanted relief from thirst, he resoundingly replied, \u201cI just want it over with. Scott, do whatever you need to do.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018I was now responsible for the success of his voluntary act \u2014 a responsibility that has been described by caregivers of other patients who have attempted to stop eating and drinking. When swabbing Grandpa\u2019s mouth no longer provided relief, and after consultation with his hospice team, I began treating his thirst as I treat other forms of discomfort \u2014 with morphine and lorazepam. He became more tired, eventually bedbound and unable to interact, and after another 12 days that felt like a lifetime, he died peacefully.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFirst, nothing stopped Halpern from saying no. I don\u2019t care who one is, they have no right to make someone else complicit in their suicide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSecond, by keeping Grandpa sedated, Halpern made it almost impossible for the old man to change his mind\u2013as the article states, he had done before.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How Euthanasia Kills: Death By Non-Doctors; Death By Organ Harvesting; Death By Starvation\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: The murderous paradox of homicidal choice.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SkullRx.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: The murderous paradox of homicidal choice. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/03\/04\/quick-takes-how-euthanasia-kills-death-by-non-doctors-death-by-organ-harvesting-death-by-starvation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17],"tags":[24,35],"class_list":["post-17707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare","category-progressives","tag-leviathan","tag-rip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17709,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17707\/revisions\/17709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}