One of the most prominent fears in peoples" lives is the fear of death. No one knows how or when it will come, or what it is like after passing on. But now imagine a situation in which death would bring relief and pleasure. In order to turn death into a good thing, a patient's situation in a hospital must be horrendous. This is the point that is very clearly made by Christine Mitchell, in her article, "When Living Is a Fate Worse Than Death". Within the words of this piece of writing, Ms. Mitchell uses very strong examples, such as the 16 month old Charlotte, to prove her point that patients are put through unnecessary pain, and that the families of the dying are unable to comprehend what they are being asked. Because of the disturbing information depicted, and her reassuring background in the field, it is the opinion of the writer that, it is unnecessary and torturous to put terminally ill patients through the painful procedures to prolong their lives and suffering.
Terminally ill patients are deemed terminally ill for one reason; all odds are against their chance of survival and recovery. The body's ability to sustain life itself fails, and is overridden by a machine of medication. Therefore, as soon as they are removed from this machine or medicine, they will die. In addition, the methods at which these tools are administered are not always the most pleasant to experience. This is depicted in the article when the author writes that a nurse had to drill holes in Charlotte's bones in order to inset medicinal lines. These last ditch attempts at sustaining life can scar and disfigure the body permanently in addition to the immense pain. This brings up the question of why should this suffering be administered at all? If the patient is going to.
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die anyway, why prolong his or her suffering. This article provides a very clear and accurate point to demonstrate the lack of necessity in prolonging a patient's life when they are so close to death.
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