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What are some alternatives to euthanasia besides from palliative care and pain management?
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Cure: Short of a spontaneous or medical cure, these seem like very reasonable options.
Answered 11/16/2012
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What?: Palliative care is not euthanasia! it is initiated when a patient has less than 6 months to live, but this comprehensive comfort-seeking plan allows patients to have a better quality life, while allowing natural death without suffering. Hospice is the most ethical way to manage these difficult situations. No form of euthanasia is ethical.
Answered 11/28/2017
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