Thursday, April 7, 2011

Heated

I just had a heated argument with my sister in law as to whether or not it is ok to force medical treatment on the elderly/dementia patients. This argument continued for a good 15 minutes despite the fact that we were essentially arguing the same side.

I am unquestionably against forced treatment for any condition, dementia or not. The right to decide is a basic human right, death and/or suffering cannot deny. NO ONE can make decisions for ANYONE regarding anyone ELSE'S healthcare. Is this hard to understand?

I still think she is secretly for it (she used 'the what if they were children?' argument.) That does not fly with me, even as a child I denied that and as an adult the idea utterly sickens me. NO ONE can take that right away from me.

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