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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:25 PM Original message |
We've had a lot of end-of-life discussions here recently, but no one has mentioned autopsy. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Before Legionaire's Disease was well known, one of my relatives died from it. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sometimes an autopsy is triggered and you get one, no matter what |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It can be more complicated than a simple DNR. Is a feeding tube a heroic |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. An autopsy is not free in my experience. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think any costs must depend on the jurisdiction . |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Both of my parents were in a Memory Unit prior to their deaths. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It's also important to remember that everyone dies of something. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That is why I stressed that my Father was 94. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Sometimes finding out what killed one family member may help |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. The same ooga booga big sky fella concerns screw up both though. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. To be fair, after the necessary indignities of medical care ( catheters, |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I think everyone agrees there is no suffering after death |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think the decision is usually age related? |
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