MAKING IT EASIER TO DIE
■; -- '-~*-j SIE.W. AiRBUTfIISoT'IrAN'E'S VIEWS. ■Medical'riien are displaying groat interest in an. article in the ' Lancet' which advocates means of making it easier for peoplo '-. In. an interview,. Sir .Wjlliam Arbuthuot Lane, president of the New, Health Society, said that in a. great many instances dying people just wanted to sloep, while cmisump- ■ lives' were mainly highly «P timistlc. * I don t think there is any great fear of death.from my experience," he added. Beath is the way of Nature. I think old peoplo and those suffering from prolonged illnesses dosire it. In cases! of great agony.- where recovery is impossible, -I 'can see nothing wrong in making the. exit from this life as pleasant as ' Jusf*"rw wWinafte it easy' for people to be ,bornf so we,- ought. to make it easy for them fc die." ; ». '.'Medical men hold similar views. .: ■<-■-..'/■■■./■'■."■■':'•■■■ "■"""■ )•:■■■■■": ■'.:'■'■ •'.•' ■ ,'.■'',,■:. ■■
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1576, 16 February 1927, Page 7
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