Living Wills Chen Yin Luo Jing Zeng Ningxiang
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Living Wills { Chen Yin Luo Jing Zeng Ningxiang
Incurable disease Unbearable pain Exclusive aim Sober request Professional executor Correctly method Conditions
Applying to the court Making diagnoses in writing Coming to an agreement Finishing the second waiting period Completing the plan Procedure
Injection of cyanide(氰化物) Oral administration of hypnotics(安眠药) Injection of coagulant(凝血剂) Methods
Choice or duty Keep alive or reduce painful About human rights, etc… Controversy
Case 1: Wen Yuzhang Accused of: Removing life support machine from his unconscious wife Argument: D. A. → intentional homicide Defense→ assisting suicide Judgement: A lighter punishment 3 years in prison
Love v. s. Law Love→ Willing to do what his wife wanted Law→ The same as euthanasia→ Crime • Ethics v. s. Science • Ethics→ love and help between each other • Science→ incurable→ waste of time and money
Case 2: Wang Xianmei Suffered from: ALS FYI: ALS(渐冻人症，肌萎缩侧索硬化症) patients will become unable to move talk, eat or breath gradually. Living wills: “Please, let me die!” Result: her family and doctors follow her living wills
Case 3: A Survey
http: //www. xzyzy. com Only a few people know about living wills Or try to make it legal.
abroad
Bill rejected by Scottish Parliament
Margo Macdonald In 2002 she stated that she had Parkinson's Disease In December 2009, she put forward a bill in the Scottish Parliament to legalise assisted suicide. Allowed people whose lives become intolerable through a progressive degenerative condition, a trauma or terminal illness to seek a doctor's help in dying.
90 Vote solution 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 The End of Life Assistance Bill was defeated by 85 votes to 16 with two abstentions. 0 vote pass deny abstence
The doctor If doctors are authorised, by law, to kill or help kill, they are taking on an additional role which we believe is alien to the one of care giver and healer.
Euthanasia = gooddeath eu = good, thanatos = death
right to die duty to die
Live with quality Die with dignity Life is so beautiful!
The End Thank you for listening
