Assisted death: should undertakers charge?
Now that assisted dying has become part of regular Quebec life, undertakers have found a way to monetize it. Whether this should be allowed is up for debate.
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mare 00:49 on 2023-05-21 Permalink
In some cases the only medical part of MAID is the doctor providing the medication. If the person doesn’t need to be in a hospital (which is often the case) a funeral director seems like a logical person to help as a ‘death planner’. Not unlike a wedding planner, but for a different life event. Why could they not charge for that service?
I personally would prefer not to undergo a MAID in a funeral home, but it would be 100% better than in a Quebec hospital room. Funeral homes do have the (stately) facilities and the staff is used to deal with people who are emotional.
JaneyB 07:02 on 2023-05-21 Permalink
Agreeing with @mare here. Better than a hospital room by far.
This makes me wonder if churches might be good for this. They are certainly stately and the site of many emotional events. There should be a handful that provide a space for this service. It’s a neighbouring step given that hospitals were originally/are still run by religious communities.
dhomas 11:21 on 2023-05-21 Permalink
I doubt churches would allow this. Though I think they now allow for Christian funerals and burials for suicides, I’m pretty sure they’re still very much against euthanasia.
Kate 12:53 on 2023-05-21 Permalink
A decommissioned church could be turned into a sort of peaceful nonsectarian setting, but it wouldn’t be offered for free.
JaneyB 02:15 on 2023-05-22 Permalink
Yeah, it would have to be decommissioned, for the reasons dhomas says. I’m still convinced we could use a few churches for ‘wedding palaces’, so maybe a few for ‘MAID voyages’ too. They can’t all become condos (I hope).
Kate 09:09 on 2023-05-22 Permalink
Wedding palaces are a great idea. Marriage ceremony in the church itself, reception in a refurbished church basement. Even bells to ring if the belfry isn’t threatened with collapse.
Orr 23:31 on 2023-05-22 Permalink
I just learned that for certain religions, if the church is decommissioned, then the steeple has to come down.