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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's wild how with animals we have so much compassion- talk like 'better one day too soon than one day too late' in putting them down but with humans we are prolonging things as much as possible no matter how awful the pain, misery, etc. Is it because of religion? Elder care industry? Both? [/quote] Both. I'm my (demented) mom's health care Power of attorney. She's in a nursing home and whenever they want to do something to her, they have to ask me first. She wasn't eating, so the Dr wanted to put her on a feeding tube. I said No. He said, "you're killing your mother" I said, "It's time for hospice care". A few months later and she has to get off of hospice care -- for failure to die. She started to eat again. On her own. And the mean Doctor didn't make a penny off of her. and she's not on a feeding tube -- which would have been very expensive.[/quote] Good for you. [/quote]
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