27/08/2024

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Woke up at 6 pm, I got home at 10pm - work today preoccupied nearly 16 hours, though I have to fault myself in part. I did end up being fired in the end, hooray! Oh well, I just have to deal with the fact I am working with colleagues who have the burden of teaching me the work, despite having no real qualification or it or getting meaningful extra money - because the leadership refuses to properly hire teachers.

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“I could just feel the tubes all over in my throat, just like they were really still in there,” said Ms. Cooper, now 81.
“I’d rather be dead than live like this.”
“Despite the positive depictions of CPR in televised medical dramas, it often fails to meaningfully extend life, especially for older people in frail bodies. Between 12 and 29 percent of older patients who undergo resuscitation after cardiac arrest in the hospital survive to discharge, according to a 2021 literature review of studies conducted globally, including in the United States.”
“It’s cheap to kill sick old people,” said Thaddeus Pope, a law professor and expert on end-of-life cases at Mitchell-Hamline School of Law in Minnesota, nor are there many legal consequences for keeping them alive against their will."

These are some quotes from New York Times articaled called "Doctors Saved Her Life. She Didn’t Want Them To." It discusses the people who made orders to not undergo Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in case of a cardiac arrest, as it is a very painful and undignified way to die, and one that may extend someone's life - but not one in dignity often, especially at old age. It is a fascinating article, and especially the last quote shows how easy it is to overgo the will of people, just because their death is not a huge cost. The article made me think about getting a Do not Rescuscitate order as well, when I get older. Very worth reading.