What bugs me about the debate is that the “physician assisted suicide” is actually patient authorized murder committed by physicians. There is a stigma against committing suicide but not one for being killed and the later is what a lot of the Hemlock society types want. I have no problems withdrawing active interventions that prolong life, and tube feedings are active interventions. I will never actively cause death. John Patrick is a Canadian physician and much requested speaker at Christian Medical Association meetings in Canada and the States. He and other have formed the [url=http://www.johnpatrick.ca/CRHP.htm ]Canadian Registry of Hippocratic Practitioners[/url], an organization that probably needs to be repeated in Britain and the States.
I’m beginning to feel that there are no wrong questions but there are plenty of inappropriate ones. For instance;
Does God love us unconditionally? I’ve heard good and bad argument both ways on that but it was only recently that I realized that by far the most vital question was, “Do I love God unconditionally?”
That one’s got traction.
So, too, I think that the question, “Do we have a right to death?” is not the question to ask. The most salient questions will always be questions about God’s purpose and the meaning of our life.
Satan was a murderer from the beginning – I don’t want to go there.
RE: “He and other have formed the Canadian Registry of Hippocratic Practitioners, an organization that probably needs to be repeated in Britain and the States.”
Word to robroy — maybe you should band with others to create such an organization! It will turn into a great marketing tool — for one thing, I want a list of physicians who won’t do abortions and [i]won’t serve in a private practice with others who do abortions.[/i]
As usual, Rob Roy is correct. The medical profession ethically is bound not to kill off patients. There is a registry of physicians and Patrick’s site is full of great information, but I can’t find a listing for the public there. http://www.hippocraticregistry.com/index.html
Christian Medical Association has as it’s ethics for membership this strong position. I think there are 40,000 members, so any of them would be anti death. Check with them. I agree that there needs to be a better way for the public to identify such doctors, but probably there is a problem with spam and overwhelming computer terrorism if such a list existed. I don’t know. I am registerd with the site.
Can we waive that “right”?
What bugs me about the debate is that the “physician assisted suicide” is actually patient authorized murder committed by physicians. There is a stigma against committing suicide but not one for being killed and the later is what a lot of the Hemlock society types want. I have no problems withdrawing active interventions that prolong life, and tube feedings are active interventions. I will never actively cause death. John Patrick is a Canadian physician and much requested speaker at Christian Medical Association meetings in Canada and the States. He and other have formed the [url=http://www.johnpatrick.ca/CRHP.htm ]Canadian Registry of Hippocratic Practitioners[/url], an organization that probably needs to be repeated in Britain and the States.
I’m beginning to feel that there are no wrong questions but there are plenty of inappropriate ones. For instance;
Does God love us unconditionally? I’ve heard good and bad argument both ways on that but it was only recently that I realized that by far the most vital question was, “Do I love God unconditionally?”
That one’s got traction.
So, too, I think that the question, “Do we have a right to death?” is not the question to ask. The most salient questions will always be questions about God’s purpose and the meaning of our life.
Satan was a murderer from the beginning – I don’t want to go there.
Don
RE: “He and other have formed the Canadian Registry of Hippocratic Practitioners, an organization that probably needs to be repeated in Britain and the States.”
Word to robroy — maybe you should band with others to create such an organization! It will turn into a great marketing tool — for one thing, I want a list of physicians who won’t do abortions and [i]won’t serve in a private practice with others who do abortions.[/i]
As usual, Rob Roy is correct. The medical profession ethically is bound not to kill off patients. There is a registry of physicians and Patrick’s site is full of great information, but I can’t find a listing for the public there. http://www.hippocraticregistry.com/index.html
Christian Medical Association has as it’s ethics for membership this strong position. I think there are 40,000 members, so any of them would be anti death. Check with them. I agree that there needs to be a better way for the public to identify such doctors, but probably there is a problem with spam and overwhelming computer terrorism if such a list existed. I don’t know. I am registerd with the site.