“Depression and hopelessness are not the only reasons terminally ill patients wish to end their lives. Many individuals see nothing undignified about choosing to end their lives at the time and manner of their choosing - and many view such a choice as the meaningful culmination of a good life.” EndsReasonChoicesIndividualWishViewsPatientIllMeaningfulGood LifeHopelessnessCulminationTerminally Ill Author:Jacob M. Appel
“Money spent on vegetative patients is money not spent on preventive care, such as flu shots and mammograms. Each night in an ICU bed for such patients is a night that another patient with a genuine prognosis for recovery is denied such high-end care. Every dollar exhausted on patients who will never wake up again is a dollar not devoted to finding a cure for cancer.” EndsCareNightBedFindingsShotsWake UpDollarsPatientCancerGenuineRecoveryCuresDeniedDevotedExhaustedFluMammogramsPrognosisPreventive Care Author:Jacob M. Appel
“I suspect that the vast majority of people, not knowing in advance whether they will either end up in a permanently vegetative state or be diagnosed with cancer, would prefer that any resources that would be spent on PVS care be reallocated to cancer research - or some similar enterprise that has the potential to help human beings who might actually recover.” PeopleHumansEndsStatesHelpingMightWould BeCareHuman BeingsKnowingResearchResourcesMajorityCancerEnterpriseSuspectsNot KnowingCancer Research Author:Jacob M. Appel
“A free society, to be truly worthy of that name, owes healthy, competent individuals the right to end their lives on their own terms.” EndsNamesIndividualTermHealthyWorthyCompetentFree Society Author:Jacob M. Appel
“This is how most stories end in the hospital. Not with crash carts and sirens and electric shocks to the chest, but with an empty room, a crisp white bed, silence.” EndsStoriesWhiteRoomsSilenceBedEmptyShockHospitalsChestsElectricCrashCartsCrispsSirensEmpty RoomsElectric Shock Book:Phoning Home: Essays Source: Phoning Home: Essays
