http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/what-hospice-care-can-do/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Tue, 22 May 2012 07:48:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/what-hospice-care-can-do/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Sandy Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:45:51 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/blog/what-hospice-care-can-do/#comment-39 When my dad died, after really suffering a lot, a medical professional I know actually suggested maybe this happened so his soul will be purified by pain before it leaves his body. While most people would not make a statement like that so blatantly, I wonder if insisting that suffering has some kind of theological benefit is a bad doctor's excuse for failing to prescribe adequate pain medication? When my dad died, after really suffering a lot, a medical professional I know actually suggested maybe this happened so his soul will be purified by pain before it leaves his body. While most people would not make a statement like that so blatantly, I wonder if insisting that suffering has some kind of theological benefit is a bad doctor’s excuse for failing to prescribe adequate pain medication?

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