Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Support choice in dying

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Shame, Dr. Stevens (letter, July 7). The one restricting choices at end of life is you, not the states of Oregon and Washington. You want to deny my choice if I opt for aid in dying. How dare you hide behind limited argument by implying that the Oregon Health Plan only offers to pay for one choice, with frugality as the motivation.

If you have a problem with insurance companies' (most of them) eventually limiting support for what is deemed experimental or futile treatment, then your fight is with those companies. Please do not foist your morality onto me by conveniently neglecting to mention other choices open to Oregon and Washington residents, including extreme pain management and nursing home or at-home hospice care.

I attended the Compassion & Choices presentation in Coeur d'Alene (I don't believe I saw you there), and I can tell you that the presenter did indeed point out various choices open to all of us. I support the concept of choice, including your choice to not opt for aid in dying when it's your time to leave. And I ask that you support my having a choice that might not agree with your own.

Florine Dooley

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

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