The Life and Death Debate
Is it really a debate?
When Steven Pickering was 38 he contracted cancer of the oesophagus for 10 years he lobbied to be able to choose to die with dignity and conscious of his decision feel into a deep sleep with a smile on his face on the 19th of August 2013. He was 51. By his side were his adult daughter Stephanie and his wife of 35 years Marie. Content with the knowledge that Steve had achieved everything he had desired and had been active throughout his latter hands his daughter and wife sat solemnly, but with an ease of gratification on their faces the solitude yet intimacy of Stevens death plain for all to see. Would it be fair to deny Mr Pickering the right to die. Must he endure the pain of his affliction. Must Stephanie and Marie waiting around watching the agony in his face? Listening to the horror in his voice?
Stephanie Pickering says she'll remember her dad for the bubbling adventurer he once was and although in latter life he become a shell of the man he once was he nevertheless took solace in the freedom he was afforded.
'Dad died with a smile on his face. This disease was a tragedy it stripped him of his life and freedom in his prime. But he was ultimately able confront it. The process provided him with control, freedom, respect and a sense of dignity and that's all he could ask for.'
The post above is fictional in nature. It has been written for educational value. All names and circumstances are not based on real life examples
Is it really a debate?
When Steven Pickering was 38 he contracted cancer of the oesophagus for 10 years he lobbied to be able to choose to die with dignity and conscious of his decision feel into a deep sleep with a smile on his face on the 19th of August 2013. He was 51. By his side were his adult daughter Stephanie and his wife of 35 years Marie. Content with the knowledge that Steve had achieved everything he had desired and had been active throughout his latter hands his daughter and wife sat solemnly, but with an ease of gratification on their faces the solitude yet intimacy of Stevens death plain for all to see. Would it be fair to deny Mr Pickering the right to die. Must he endure the pain of his affliction. Must Stephanie and Marie waiting around watching the agony in his face? Listening to the horror in his voice?
Stephanie Pickering says she'll remember her dad for the bubbling adventurer he once was and although in latter life he become a shell of the man he once was he nevertheless took solace in the freedom he was afforded.
'Dad died with a smile on his face. This disease was a tragedy it stripped him of his life and freedom in his prime. But he was ultimately able confront it. The process provided him with control, freedom, respect and a sense of dignity and that's all he could ask for.'
The post above is fictional in nature. It has been written for educational value. All names and circumstances are not based on real life examples
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