An older article about a 50 year old woman refusing dialysis treatment because she is no longer young or beautiful. The Court Agreed,
www.theguardian.com
Judge: it is clear that during her life C has placed a significant premium on youth and beauty and on living a life that, in C’s words, ‘sparkles’.”
One daughter told him that her mother’s life had “to all appearances” been fairly glamorous. She said her mother did not want to be “poor”, “ugly” or “old”. “She has said the most important thing for her is her sparkly lifestyle,” said the daughter. “She kept saying she doesn’t want to live without her sparkle and she thinks she has lost her sparkle.”
My question: if she was 27 and Sexy and Fertile and refused dialysis treatment, the Court would say “keep her alive?”
Thoughts?
Court grants woman right to die after 'losing her sparkle'
Woman known as C is described as ‘impulsive and self-centred’ but competent enough to refuse dialysis after destroying kidneys in suicide attempt
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Judge: it is clear that during her life C has placed a significant premium on youth and beauty and on living a life that, in C’s words, ‘sparkles’.”
One daughter told him that her mother’s life had “to all appearances” been fairly glamorous. She said her mother did not want to be “poor”, “ugly” or “old”. “She has said the most important thing for her is her sparkly lifestyle,” said the daughter. “She kept saying she doesn’t want to live without her sparkle and she thinks she has lost her sparkle.”
My question: if she was 27 and Sexy and Fertile and refused dialysis treatment, the Court would say “keep her alive?”
Thoughts?
