Assisted suicide is cheaper than caring, warns doctor | News | The Christian Institute: An experienced doctor who works with terminal patients has asked whether assisted suicide is just a cost-saving exercise.
Dr Elizabeth A Burroughs, in a letter to a national newspaper, said: “Quality palliative care costs money; assisted suicide is a cheaper option. But how long would it be before pressure was being placed on the terminally ill to ‘do the decent thing’?” Dr Burroughs also commented: “In 30 years as a GP, I was asked by at most a handful of terminally ill patients to hasten their deaths. In 17 years working in hospices I cannot recall ever having received such a request from a patient, although I have had more than one from relatives.”
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