On the one hand, it's the newpaper with the largest circulation in the UK.
With respect to the facts of the story, however, this one is accurate. When assisted suicide (which we now euphemistically call MAID, for "Medical Assistance in Dying") was legalized in 2016, it was restricted to patients with terminal illnesses.
Soooo....
Sounds about right, doesn't it?
in some ways it is here already.... the people in the mental health field who work with the mentally ill are still firmly committed to keeping us alive and to keep us from killing ourselves..... .. but insurance companies started pushing people to consider creating their own do not resuscitate orders and pushing legalization of assisted suicide years ago..... . why?.... because it saves them money.... ... the disabled and people with health probems cost money.... but the dead cost nothing..... ..and once the cost of medical care for an individual starts costing an insurance company more than the premiums they pay... .(never mind how much they might have paid that company in the past)...... . then the insurance starts looking for way to degrade or cancel their coverage... or even cancel the beneficiary themselves...... and guess which on the politicans listen to the most...
My wife and I both have DNR orders. Personally, I don't see a problem with them if they're used in the right manner, and the people who use them have made clear that if there is no other recourse, pull the plug. I know I wouldn't want to live on a respirator or in a coma for years on end.
when my dad was still working in EMS he said he use to come across people quite often who had gone into cardiac arrest.... and who had valid DNR orders.... but whose family present at the scene wanted an attempt made to resuscitate them anyway... ..some of those cases were very dramatic with a lot of emotions in play.... some of the families were adamant and freaking out.... .. so in cases like that he and his crew honored the family wishes and started cpr and all other resuscitation efforts... as long as the patient condition still fit the criteria as viable.... .but of course if they had been down a long time and were not viable then they explained that to the family.... .but it was never easy to do....
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It's never easy. Angela lost both parents this year within 35 days of each other. Dad first, suspected cancer but never diagnosed. Mom, who was in frail health as it was, was moved to where Angela's sister could care for her. Two days after the move, Mom went into cardiac arrest (sister and nurse were present). Because Mom did not have a DNR on file, Sister made the decision to perform CPR. What do you think happens when CPR is performed on a frail 80-something year old woman? They brought Mom out of cardiac arrest but her rib cage was shattered. Mom hung on two more days before she passed. Sister had spoken to Mom about a DNR sometime back but Mom was reluctant because what if she could be reasonably resuscitated? I can definitely see a problem with making out a DNR when you are of sound mind and it's not time; how do you specify when to resuscitate or when to let go? Mom's life was over when her heart quit. Resuscitation injured her and gave her two days of suffering. When she first went out, she was happy because it was a beautiful day and she was going to go to the park with her great-grandson.
it is a hard thing to deal with either way.... .. in the end it was your moms choice to make... and i think your sister did the right thing honoring your moms wishes... .... and according to someone who was in EMS for over 30 years - and saw both sides of the issues many times.... it is always better to have done what you can to save a life... and fail - knowing you did everything you could..... rather than to let that person die and wonder afterwards if what you did was right......