Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
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Richard Smith (former editor of the BMJ) tweeted this morning: "There are 4 ways to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure, dementia. Best? Arguably cancer." Do you agree?
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Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 2:24 PM BST
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 3:33 PM BST
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In the UK there is the clinical atlas of variation which is interactive - so you can put in your region, age, sex and see what you are most likely to die of. Mine was cancer. None were that palatable- CV disease was second. I had a small chance of being murdered. Not sure why Richard Smith would put cancer higher than organ failure- as cancer has more unpleasant treatments. |
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 4:15 PM BST
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In Response to Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?: Richard Smith (former editor of the BMJ) tweeted this morning: "There are 4 ways to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure, dementia. Best? Arguably cancer." Do you agree? Posted by mbillingsley Not sure this article is ethical |
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 4:25 PM BST
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Gerry- what do you mean re ethical? Richard Smith's tweet chimed with me. I think at least a bit about how I am going to die and what I fear the most and I did wonder before I saw this post what other doctors would think- I guessed they would not want to die from anything that required protracted treatment that did not offer sufficient benefit. I would choose a sudden MI as I do not want to have 8 years of dementia like my Dad did. Do you think it is a tasteless discussion? Just wondered. |
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 4:27 PM BST
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Suprised at popularity of sudden death. You would want to make sure you had said goodbye to people and not had a row before you left for work. Sudden death is sort of sudden. |
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 4:51 PM BST
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In Response to Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?: you think it is a tasteless discussion? Just wondered. Posted by luisad Are you a doctor? Practising one? Just wondered. |
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 5:14 PM BST
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In Response to Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?: In Response to Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia? : Are you a doctor? Practising one? Just wondered. Posted by GerryP GerryP: I am a consultant neurosurgeon at Yale. I have the same question as Luisad. I am not sure sure what in the discussion do you find unethical. Death is inevitable- you may not like it, you may not want to discuss it ( entirely your choice). I am curious to know what about it do you find unethical. I want to be educated to your point of view. |
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 9:36 PM BST
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Neither, I would rather die, saving someone from a criminal, perhaps in a shootout, Yeah, That will be my fate! I will wander into a bank, and someone will be robbing it, and killing innocents, and I will intervene! Thats it. DuaneF |
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Re: Best way to die: sudden, cancer, organ failure or dementia?
posted at 8/8/2012 9:42 PM BST
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Such a "comforting" discussion. Let us better talk about life and quality of life. It is not that I ignore the inevitable, simply the obsessive talk about death is not the best theme during those unbelievable hot days of August. |
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