BEST WAY TO DIE
A SUFFERER'S RIGHT "Which is the best and most religious way to die? Drugged after weeks of living death, or with a clear mind enabling one to pray and receive the Sacraments? " Canon Peter Green, rector of St. Philip's, Salford, asks these questions in a Manchester magazine, and declares his belief that the claim to the right io euthanasia will soon be conceded by Parliament. He goes on to say that if a personal claim to euthanasia were made he " would like to secure a second opinion' from a specialist and a certificate that there was no hope of. cure but a likelihood of prolonged suffering. "I should then make a sworn declara tion before a commissioner for oaths or a justice of the peace that I wished to end my life. "Then I could make my will, say goodbye to my friends, receive the last Saera ments of the Church, and take a dose o!' painless poison in a cup of tea. "So I should die with a clear. mind, and I and my friends would be spared much needless distress. "It seems strange indeed if wc maj end a man's life U- hanging when Ti« wishes to live, but may not end it painlessly when he greatly desire* to die."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22824, 7 March 1936, Page 5
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