Avvenire.it, 9 marzo 2011, Non è frutto di un’impostazione fideistica, ma razionale - Sono del tutto laici i motivi to say yes to the law on "Dat"
"The living will allows individuals to assert their will would avoid the imposition of religious principles." Applicant is a thesis in these days of media and parliamentary confrontation on the law that will standardize the treatment of advance directives, but it is a theorem wrong from many points of view.
clear, in fact, and stressed that you should avoid aggressive treatment, the moral problem arises for the execution of a declaration of intent written by those who, in the past, said he wants to be left to die in the future or even killed, although there is no fury against him. Now, this form of expression to criticize the choices of end of life (which some would-mode binding 'living will') there are many rational arguments and lay people, not at all religious, so much so that there are also people who do not believe them use.
Meanwhile, if a person wants to be killed, his will should not allow anyone to please him because he was killed in a serious contempt for her indelible, and ever sminuibile, preciousness. That is why the life of every man and every woman to be honored forever, in every condition and circumstance, give first aid and care. It would therefore be deeply unfair to consent to a request "not current" suspension of therapies and activities that are useful, effective, non-hazardous or significant pain in their efforts to rescue and care for a person who is no longer able to communicate may have changed my mind - than what was written some time ago - but fail to express it.
are familiar with the case of Sylvie Ménard, a student of Verona who led a department of the Institute of Cancer Milan, battutasi vigorously for the legalization of euthanasia. But then ammalatasi of cancer, has dramatically changed his will: "Now that for me death is no longer a virtual concept I do not want to leave. [...] Although I will conclude my life in a bed with the bones that might crumble, I now want to live my life to the full. " As for the living will, "I would have to be healthy myself, today I wanted to tear up." What a horrible situation for those no longer able to tear it or give ...
Another case is that of Jean-Dominique Bauby, un giornalista francese che ha trascorso l’ultima parte della sua vita completamente immobilizzato, con l’unica residua capacità di muovere un ciglio. Ebbene, sbattendo il ciglio Jean-Dominique è riuscito lentamente a "dettare", perché divenissero un libro, i suoi pensieri e i suoi desideri, che all’inizio furono quelli di morire, ma poi, grazie all’affetto ricevuto, si trasformarono radicalmente nel desiderio di sopravvivere. Da notare che egli non è stato sorretto da motivazioni religiose, come si coglie dal libro e dal bellissimo film Lo scafandro e la farfalla che ripercorre con sostanziale fedeltà la vicenda.
Sono solo due esempi among many possible, showing that, depending on the situation in which we find ourselves, our will can change a lot, as we never expected. Even in seriously ill patients, who initially wanted to die, almost always prevails after the attachment to life, provided they are assisted and comforted and that they are given palliative care for pain.
It is true that we can not be sure that a patient has changed his mind, but you must always apply though, and the precautionary principle: If That raises even the slightest doubt, you must suspend proportionate shares without which a person dies.
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