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Originally posted by Flatfish
Originally posted by Malcher
This thread is the first time i read bout this. Did a search and went to page 10 of the results.
Found this article from 2004. Seems this comes from a book.
Doctors in the Netherlands are also renowned for withholding treatment from psychiatric patients and the elderly. It is no secret that the elderly often avoid hospitalization for fear they will be put to death. In response to this trend, thousands of Dutch people carry papers or where bracelets that say “do not euthanize me.”
www.wnd.com...
There may be some truth to it.
How would we know if it was or was not true?
Do they Euthanize old people?
Good question, and a good find as well. After reading this article linked in your post, I would venture to say that this is, more than likely, the source for the story that Santorum has chosen to speak about, which makes your questions quite pertinent. So, is it true or not, that is indeed the question.
Originally posted by lordtyp0
Santorum tells ridiculous lies about everything. The frightening part is he is a Dominionist and as such literally feels that anything justifies his grab for power in an effort to do his view on "Gods work".
He wont get in the white house though. People enjoy seeing whackos on TV but they are not so stupid as to give nukes to them.
Originally posted by SergeantTrammelant
I just stumbled upon a clip of Rick Santorum. It's actually quite unbelievable.
In The Netherlands, people wear a different bracelet. And the bracelet is.. 'Do Not Euthanize Me'. Because involuntary euthanasia (?) .. in The Netherlands... about half the people who are euthanized every year (and it's 10% of all deaths in The Netherlands) .... half of those people are euthanized involuntarily at hospitals.
So elderly people in The Netherlands don't go to the hospital. They go to another country. Because they are afraid, because of budget purposes, that they will not come out of that hospital.
I cannot even begin to describe how false these statements are. Nobody wears such a bracelet. I did a search on the internet and it does not appear to even exist.
Euthanasia is a very delicate subject in my country. It is legal to perform if requested by a terminally ill patient and is required by law to be carried out by 2 doctors. Any doctor may refuse the operation at any time.
If the person is being kept alive by machines in a hospital and not in a consicous state and there is no hope for recovery, it is the family that decides to eventually stop the machines. No one ever gets euthanized because of a doctors decision, as Mr. Santorum is implying.
How people can vote for this man is really beyond me.edit on 19/2/12 by SergeantTrammelant because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Malcher
This thread is the first time i read bout this. Did a search and went to page 10 of the results.
Found this article from 2004. Seems this comes from a book.
Doctors in the Netherlands are also renowned for withholding treatment from psychiatric patients and the elderly. It is no secret that the elderly often avoid hospitalization for fear they will be put to death. In response to this trend, thousands of Dutch people carry papers or where bracelets that say “do not euthanize me.”
www.wnd.com...
There may be some truth to it.
How would we know if it was or was not true?
Do they Euthanize old people?
Originally posted by AphexTwins
This thread is the first time i read bout this. Did a search and went to page 10 of the results.
OP explained it well enough, people do have a card that states whether they want to be euthanized or not, it's practically the same as an organ donor card, it's to remind doctors that the patient has a declaration of intent concerning euthanasia. It's used in cases where the patient is unable to communicate anymore, if the patient chose not to be euthanized according to his/her declaration of intent his/her family won't even have a choice in it.
It's baffling how unworldly some of the candidates areedit on 20-2-2012 by AphexTwins because: discrepancies