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In article <ukDD5D1w165w@orchide.dialix.oz.au>,
   jan@orchide.dialix.oz.au (jan) wrote:
 >EShipp@tennet.com (Eleanor Shipp) writes:
 >
 >> In article <5h65r8$nkk$1@euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au>,
 >>    d-moss@adfa.oz.au (David Moss) wrote:
 >>  >Euthanasia banned in Australia !
 >> 
 >> The right of All Australians to die without dignity in excruciating agony is 
 >> preserved. Well thank God for that.
 >
 >I can't see how getting a doctor to kill you or set up and infusion set and 
 >laptop to do it for you is more dignified that passing peacefully in your 
 >sleep. 

Your point being?

 > As for the excruciating agony there are only a few cases where
 >we can't get the pain under control - research goes on.
 
What do you mean we?.. My experience with cancer sufferers is that the pain 
control is very limited and ultimately unsuccessful, leaving the patient in 
equal agony or some sort of morphia induced coma.

IMHO, part of the problem is the refusal of the medical profession to admit that 

a. They can do nothing to cure a disease
b. They can do little to prevent suffering

Love

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Eleanor Shipp
"There's only one thing worse than being talked
about, and that's not being talked about"..OW
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