Atheist doctors more likely to hasten death

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Permalink Reply by Joseph P on August 30, 2010 at 5:31pm

Nah, that's schizophrenics. Obsessive-compulsives just pull out the hand-wipes every time they shake hands with someone.

Permalink Reply by Mick Wright on August 30, 2010 at 5:35pm

Ah, yeah, I used to know a guy like that. He gave up and wore gloves all the time. Good thing, really. He had sausage fingers, creeped all the women out.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on August 30, 2010 at 5:39pm

Sausage fingers?

And I'm not that bad, but shaking hands does give me the willies, and I have to go wash them before I handle anything that belongs to me.

Do you have any idea how many people don't even wash their hands after they use the bathroom? My reaction isn't as bad with women, since their numbers are much better. I can tell myself, "Yeah, she looks pretty neat and takes care of herself," and I'll get over it. With guys, not so much.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on August 30, 2010 at 5:44pm

What is their target range, anyway? Don't they stop in the mid-30's or there about?

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on August 30, 2010 at 6:02pm

Wow, the Army is loose. Of course I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 11 or 12 and OCD at 16 or 17, so I was never at risk. Still, good to know.

Permalink Reply by Mick Wright on August 30, 2010 at 5:35pm

As to the difference in healthcare systems, Michael Moore's Sicko film pretty much nails it. I dunno if you've seen it, but it's partly informative and partly - to use a term I had to coin in order to describe the rage - utterly fistblazing.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on August 30, 2010 at 5:42pm

Yeah, I keep meaning to watch some of his stuff. I've just been too busy lately to keep track of all of the stuff I want to do.

Permalink Reply by sk8eycat on August 30, 2010 at 6:09pm

After seeing what my parents, friends, friends' parents, relatives, have gone through, I am strongly in favor of voluntary euthanasia when the alternative is endless suffering. I mean, we do that for our pets, so why not?

When it became obvious that I needed to get a MedicAlert bracelet "just in case," I had them engrave "DNR" on the very top line, before all the other boring details. It took some doing, my doctor and I had to sign a form stating unequivocally that this is what I want, because I do not ever want to end up like Christopher Reeve.

My doctor agrees with me wholeheartedly.

Permalink Reply by Mick Wright on August 30, 2010 at 6:47pm

No one's personal beliefs should have anything to do with doing their job right. You're spot-on.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on August 30, 2010 at 6:55pm

Yeah, unfortunately, this is America we're talking about. We've still got court cases going on over whether we should be teaching Evolution or Creationism in school, and we've still got doctors in Catholic hospitals denying rape victims the morning-after-pill ... or at least we did a few years ago. I don't know if that sort of thing is still going on.

Permalink Reply by Grace Fitzpatrick on August 30, 2010 at 6:51pm

So religious doctors are more likely to lie to you. thank goodness I have an advanced directive.

Permalink Reply by sk8eycat on September 1, 2010 at 11:43am

The ice floes are shrinking/vanishing.

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