5 thoughts on “Euthanasia, Cajun-Style”

  1. Some of the deaths were undoubtedly cases of euthanasia under dire circumstances. Many of these patients would likely have died under the horrendous conditions had they been evacuated. But nobody is willing to have an honest discussion about how there may exist some extreme circumstances where euthanasia could be acceptable — even if those extreme circumstances are a once-in-a-lifetime catastrophic Hurricane.

  2. Those unfortunate souls, who found themselves deathly ill in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck, were apparently not the only patients to have their death purposely hastened by medical science. In 1936, the physician for King George V of England, also hastened the king’s death so it could be announced in the morning papers — which has much more dignified than the evening papers.
    http://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/28/world/1936-secret-is-out-doctor-sped-george-v-s-death.html

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