Advocates for #AssistedSuicide seem to think it helps people have a painless death. Lovely as that would be, evidence doesn't support it: drugs used are under-researched. It can take up to 108 hours & involve MANY traumatic things, potentially including feeling yourself drown to death. #AGoodDeath?
"Time to death after ingesting the lethal drugs seems highly unpredictable. Of cases with available data in Oregon since 2001, time from drug ingestion to death has ranged from 1 min (too short for the cause to have been oral drugs) to 108 h." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #AssistedDying
Efficacy and safety of drugs used for ‘assisted dying’
‘Assisted dying’ is practiced in some European countries and US states. Legislation suggests that there exists an easily prescribed drug which consistently brings about death quickly and painlessly. E...
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April 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Advocates for #AssistedSuicide seem to think it helps people have a painless death. Lovely as that would be, evidence doesn't support it: drugs used are under-researched. It can take up to 108 hours & involve MANY traumatic things, potentially including feeling yourself drown to death. #AGoodDeath?
"Some prisoners who are subjected to lethal injection do not received a sufficient amount of anesthetic to be fully unaware of the dying process. However, because neuromuscular blocking agents are administered, these prisoners cannot move any muscle" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #AGoodDeath?
Efficacy and safety of drugs used for ‘assisted dying’
‘Assisted dying’ is practiced in some European countries and US states. Legislation suggests that there exists an easily prescribed drug which consistently brings about death quickly and painlessly. E...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
"Some prisoners who are subjected to lethal injection do not received a sufficient amount of anesthetic to be fully unaware of the dying process. However, because neuromuscular blocking agents are administered, these prisoners cannot move any muscle" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #AGoodDeath?
Kudos to @UofT_dlsph, @ajadad, & many others on a wonderful and innovative Dean's Lecture Series on #AGoodDeath. #continuetheconversation
December 8, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Kudos to @UofT_dlsph, @ajadad, & many others on a wonderful and innovative Dean's Lecture Series on #AGoodDeath. #continuetheconversation
"A Good Death" © Yow! #cicada #agooddeath #thegooddeath #deadinsect #wings #angelofdeath
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November 27, 2024 at 5:20 AM
"A Good Death" © Yow! #cicada #agooddeath #thegooddeath #deadinsect #wings #angelofdeath
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