Religious Attitudes to the Elderly and Death
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- Religious Attitudes to the Elderly and Death
- 1961 Assisted Suicide Act
- Illegal to encourage or to assist a suicide attempt.
- Could face 14 year prison sentence
- Could face 14 year prison sentence
- Illegal to encourage or to assist a suicide attempt.
- Euthanasia Debate
- 1961 Assisted Suicide Act
- Illegal to encourage or to assist a suicide attempt.
- Illegal to encourage or to assist a suicide attempt.
- 'Good Death'
- Arguments Against:
- Technically murder
- Breaks The Ten Commandments
- Defiles sanctity of life
- Devalues life
- Arguments For Legalisation:
- Out of date
- Strong Case admitted
- People have to travel to Dignitas in Switzerland-too far from home
- Death with dignity
- Other countries permit euthanasia
- Everyone deserves the right to a good quality of life and choose whether he or she dies
- Euthanasia is:
- Voluntary- person ask a doctor to take their life
- Non-Voluntary- Patient is too ill to ask but believed to be in best interests
- Involuntary- Disabled and sick killed without consultation
- Active- Deliberate intention of ending life
- Passive- Dose of a pain killing drug, is increased in the belief that it only controls pain but also shortens life
- CASE STUDIES
- Diana Pretty
- Suffered from Motor Neurone Disease
- Degrading and humiliating- wanted to do things for herself. "I am dead"
- Rejected by the EU court of human rights
- Tony Nicklinson
- Suffered from 'Locked in Syndrome'
- He wished to die with dignity by a sedation given by his wife with his daughters by his side
- Doctor give him the fatal dose
- Diana Pretty
- 1961 Assisted Suicide Act
- Death
- The end of life, which can be determined in several ways but normally when the brain ceases function
- Life support machine?
- CASE STUDY- Tony Bland
- Victim of the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster of 1989
- Crushed ribs and two punctured lungs
- Left in state of PVS
- November 1992, family and the NHS Trust who treated Tony, overcame moral objections and legal difficulties from the court to stop feeding
- February 1993, his life support machine was switched off. He died on 3rd March 1993- the 96th victim
- A machine that keeps people alive when they would otherwise die.
- CASE STUDY- Tony Bland
- Heaven-A place regarded in various religions as the abode of God
- Hell-A place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering.
- Purgatory- State of spiritual cleansing before heaven
- Life support machine?
- CASE STUDY- Tony Bland
- Victim of the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster of 1989
- Crushed ribs and two punctured lungs
- Left in state of PVS
- November 1992, family and the NHS Trust who treated Tony, overcame moral objections and legal difficulties from the court to stop feeding
- February 1993, his life support machine was switched off. He died on 3rd March 1993- the 96th victim
- A machine that keeps people alive when they would otherwise die.
- CASE STUDY- Tony Bland
- Teachings
- Sanctity of Life
- However, a loving God would't want to see us suffer
- Quality of Life
- Value of Life
- Death
- The end of life, which can be determined in several ways but normally when the brain ceases function
- Heaven-A place regarded in various religions as the abode of God
- Hell-A place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering.
- Purgatory- State of spiritual cleansing before heaven
- Respect father and mother
- Love thy neighbour...
- Sanctity of Life
- Elderly
- Living with Family
- Advantages
- Immediate Care, Around loved ones, Treated as important family member
- Disadvantages
- Burden on family, lack of independence
- Advantages
- Living Independently
- Advantages
- Choice of Lifestyle, Care for themselves, Don't have to rely on anyone
- Disadvantages
- Depression, Loneliness, Poverty, Poor, Vulnerable, No immediate care
- Advantages
- Community Options
- Advantages
- Constant care from qualified nurses, Keeps them active with something to do
- Disadvantages
- Lack of independence, lack of choice of lifestyle, financial cost on family
- Advantages
- Muslims consider it an opportunity for great spiritual growth to look after their parents saying it is their duty. Otherwise, they are unkind and disrespectful
- Teachings
- Sanctity of Life
- However, a loving God would't want to see us suffer
- Quality of Life
- Value of Life
- Respect father and mother
- Love thy neighbour...
- Sanctity of Life
- Teachings
- Ageism- Prejudice against the elderly- lack of hygiene etc
- Only can rely on state benefits and pension
- Living with Family
- Hospice- A special place to which people go to die
- Palliiative Care- specialised care for the dying
- Founded by Dame Cicely Saunders
- 1961 Assisted Suicide Act
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