Mourir dans la dignité: une histoire américaine

Comme toujours, une histoire troublante et une réaction profondément humaine. Nous avons eu ce débat ici au Québec, je vous laisse maintenant ce récit d'une jeune américaine de 29 ans atteinte d'un cancer du cerveau à qui on donne peu de temps à vivre. La médecine et les soins palliatifs ont-ils atteint leur limite dans son cas? Elle préfère choisir elle-même la manière dont sa vie se terminera, un choix pour elle, mais aussi beaucoup pour son entourage.

 "I would not tell anyone else that he or she should choose death with dignity. My question is: Who has the right to tell me that I don't deserve this choice? That I deserve to suffer for weeks or months in tremendous amounts of physical and emotional pain? Why should anyone have the right to make that choice for me?

Now that I've had the prescription filled and it's in my possession, I have experienced a tremendous sense of relief. And if I decide to change my mind about taking the medication, I will not take it.

 Having this choice at the end of my life has become incredibly important. It has given me a sense of peace during a tumultuous time that otherwise would be dominated by fear, uncertainty and pain.

Now, I'm able to move forward in my remaining days or weeks I have on this beautiful Earth, to seek joy and love and to spend time traveling to outdoor wonders of nature with those I love. And I know that I have a safety net.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/opinion/maynard-assisted-suicide-cancer-dignity/index.html?hpt=hp_c2