Tyranny of technology: a physician looks at euthanasia

Advancing medical technology has protracted the agonal phase of life & necessitated redefining death as a complex process rather than as a discrete event. The MD blindly dedicated to such technology perforce leaves the sick & dying unprepared to accept irreversible disease & the natural...

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Published in:The Humanist (Buffalo, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1974-07, Vol.34 (4), p.6-9
Main Author: Furlow, Thomas W
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude
Bioethics
Chronic Disease
Death
Death/Deaths (see also Mortality, Dying)
Euthanasia
Euthanasia, Active
Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
Euthanasia, Passive
Humans
Medical
Medicine
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians
Right to Die
Technology/Technological/ Technologically
Terminal Care
Terminally Ill
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Summary:Advancing medical technology has protracted the agonal phase of life & necessitated redefining death as a complex process rather than as a discrete event. The MD blindly dedicated to such technology perforce leaves the sick & dying unprepared to accept irreversible disease & the natural conclusion to life. Adequate preparation would be tantamount to embodying beneficent euthanasia into medical practice where it now plays a limited role. However, further expansion of the role of euthanasia will require major changes in traditional attitudes of society, changes that will ultimately enhance the MD-patient relationship. AA.
ISSN:0018-7399
2163-3576