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Article #254Re: A third death with dignity.
From: David Bromage
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:00
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David Moss (d-moss@adfa.oz.au) wrote: >dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage) wrote: >>One of the jobs of a doctor is to relieve suffering. If modern medecine is >>unable to do this, what are the alternatives? > >If you don't know how to do the job yourself, swallow your pride and >ask someone who can. I do it all the time in my line of work, often >knowing _who_ is more useful to my job than knowing _how_. There comes a point where there is nothing more which can be done. If you've got terminal cancer the only thing which can be done is to keep giving morphine to relieve the pain, and prolonged treatment with morphine will kill you anyway. Cheers David
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,c27b3c589e973300 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public X-Google-Thread: 111fed,c27b3c589e973300 X-Google-Attributes: gid111fed,public X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,c27b3c589e973300 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df0c,public From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage) Subject: Re: A third death with dignity. Date: 1997/01/27 Message-ID: <5chhoo$o2h$1@gruvel.une.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 212469393 references: <32E6CA58.3B75@dsto.defence.gov.au> <5cc94s$edp$1@nargun.cc.uq.oz.au> <5cd7k2$mb4@jefferson.lisco.com> <5cfp0g$euo$1@euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au> <5cfq2u$pnd$2@gruvel.une.edu.au> <5cha9t$qta$1@euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au> followup-to: talk.euthanasia,aus.general,aus.politics organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia newsgroups: talk.euthanasia,aus.general,aus.politics