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To many, suicide goes against a human being's innate sense of self-preservation while others claim that it is the ultimate act of freedom and taking control of one's own fate (as in assisted suicide). On this episode of The Health and Wellness Show we'll discuss the factors that could cause a person to take their own life, suicidal clusters, live-streamed suicides and whether, for some people experiencing extreme emotional of physical pain if suicide is, indeed, a valid choice.
Stay tuned for Zoya's Pet Segment where she shares her thoughts on euthanasia from a veterinarian's perspective.
Running Time: 01:16:49
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I understand the caution needed with any law passed that allows for assisted suicide...the money grabbing kids persuading Dad to end it all, the dodgy care workers asphyxiating Mavis in the local care home...lots of room for abuse. But, in a radio article I listened to awhile back, a district nurse discussed palliative care. Families given the pain relief medication and the patient stays at home, rather than being hauled into hospital every three days to be treated for no end of snowballing problems, created mostly by medication used to treat the initial disease. And eventually, they die at home...there's not a lot of difference between this and assisted suicide.
Both of my old dogs were euthanised...it's so hard to end their lives and we say that we are helping them keep their dignity and not suffer...in the wild, they would take themselves off and die alone, but our lives don't allow for that. My old girls passed away in my arms, and that's how it was meant to be.