stephanie
09-21-2008, 12:12 PM
By ANDY CRICK
Published: 20 Sep 2008
PENSIONERS with dementia should consider ending their lives to stop “wasting” NHS resources, it was suggested yesterday.
Medical ethics expert Baroness Warnock, 84, said senility sufferers were a burden to their families and doctors.
nothing wrong with them feeling they had a “duty” to opt for euthanasia for the sake of others.
She said: “If you are demented you are wasting people’s lives, your family’s lives and you are wasting the resources of the NHS.
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1713716.ece
Published: 20 Sep 2008
PENSIONERS with dementia should consider ending their lives to stop “wasting” NHS resources, it was suggested yesterday.
Medical ethics expert Baroness Warnock, 84, said senility sufferers were a burden to their families and doctors.
nothing wrong with them feeling they had a “duty” to opt for euthanasia for the sake of others.
She said: “If you are demented you are wasting people’s lives, your family’s lives and you are wasting the resources of the NHS.
read the rest and comments..
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1713716.ece