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If an elderly relative died at home during the night, who would you ring?
I don't mean family, i mean doctors/hospital, etc?
The doctors will obviously be shut & it obviously won't be a 999 emergency.
I don't mean family, i mean doctors/hospital, etc?
The doctors will obviously be shut & it obviously won't be a 999 emergency.
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Whilst I don't always think that life is a prize to be maintained at all costs and I appreciate and support people's right to die as they choose, I wouldn't say it's right to 'always promote, encourage and celebrate' suicide as it has a terrible residual effect on those left behind and also the feelings leading to the desire for it are frequently fleeting and transient.
From a court case in Boston, Massachusetts:
Attorney: Did you check the body for signs of life?
Pathologist: No.
Attorney: Did you check to see whether the body was breathing or not?
Pathologist: I did not.
Attorney: Did you check the pulse?
Pathologist: I did not.
Attorney: So how could you be sure the patient was dead?
Pathologist: His brain was in a jar on my desk.
Attorney: But he could possibly have been alive?
Pathologist: And practising law in Massachusetts.
Game set and match to the pathologist!
Attorney: Did you check the body for signs of life?
Pathologist: No.
Attorney: Did you check to see whether the body was breathing or not?
Pathologist: I did not.
Attorney: Did you check the pulse?
Pathologist: I did not.
Attorney: So how could you be sure the patient was dead?
Pathologist: His brain was in a jar on my desk.
Attorney: But he could possibly have been alive?
Pathologist: And practising law in Massachusetts.
Game set and match to the pathologist!
Mrs C:
You're avatar is definitely not 'daft'!!!
A few people (NOT ME!) might consider it slightly inappropriate on a 'morbid' thread but I can never see anything wrong in appearing cheerful. When my mother was dying of cancer in a hospice unit, I'd go in and make jokes about her 'bouncy castle', which was the special air-filled bed that she'd been given to help her with pain relief. On one occasion, just as I was leaving, the lady in the next bed called me over and thanked me for being the first cheerful person who'd been seen in the ward all week. She was fed up of seeing all of the gloom-filled relatives who were visiting the patients each day. She wanted to see bubbly, lively people! So how can your avatar possibly be wrong here?
You're avatar is definitely not 'daft'!!!
A few people (NOT ME!) might consider it slightly inappropriate on a 'morbid' thread but I can never see anything wrong in appearing cheerful. When my mother was dying of cancer in a hospice unit, I'd go in and make jokes about her 'bouncy castle', which was the special air-filled bed that she'd been given to help her with pain relief. On one occasion, just as I was leaving, the lady in the next bed called me over and thanked me for being the first cheerful person who'd been seen in the ward all week. She was fed up of seeing all of the gloom-filled relatives who were visiting the patients each day. She wanted to see bubbly, lively people! So how can your avatar possibly be wrong here?
Thanks Chris.
I find death an interesting subject and don't have a problem talking about it (after all, it's a part of life).
I agree that if someone "wants out" - they are not necessarily depressed or unbalanced. Can't agree that it should be embraced and celebrated though. I'd like to hear more on your thoughts in that respect.
(Sorry to digress, Beechy.....hope you don't mind).
I find death an interesting subject and don't have a problem talking about it (after all, it's a part of life).
I agree that if someone "wants out" - they are not necessarily depressed or unbalanced. Can't agree that it should be embraced and celebrated though. I'd like to hear more on your thoughts in that respect.
(Sorry to digress, Beechy.....hope you don't mind).
Welshlibranr:
You sound like a good friend of mine, Maxine.
On the day of my father's funeral, I was outside his house trying to see where the funeral cars could pull up in a couple of hours time. Maxine was (and remains) a very practical lady and, as she happened to be passing by, she asked what I'd be selling from the house. So, only an hour or so before my father's funeral, I was in his house negotiating prices for selling his possessions. As you say, there's no point in being morbid!
You sound like a good friend of mine, Maxine.
On the day of my father's funeral, I was outside his house trying to see where the funeral cars could pull up in a couple of hours time. Maxine was (and remains) a very practical lady and, as she happened to be passing by, she asked what I'd be selling from the house. So, only an hour or so before my father's funeral, I was in his house negotiating prices for selling his possessions. As you say, there's no point in being morbid!
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