A Daughter's Tale- Question 4 -- Genetics

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Date Posted: 16:35:13 03/10/02 Sun
Author: Kara Gagliardi
Subject: A Daughter's Tale- Question 4

In response to question 4, "Janet expresses her desire to maintain "quality of life," implying that she would consider suicide if and when she saw this quality slipping. What a burden of responsibility is thus placed on her family, physician, and friends to monitor Janet's perceptions of her health and well being?", I think that suicide is not the best way for Janet to ease the pain of herself and her family. Sometimes people consider suicide as an option when they feel like they cannot handel life anymore. I do not think that this is the best option. Even though Janet is sick, i believe that she can still maintain a good quality of life. It is basically up to her to make the best of her situation. Considering suicide can but guilt on the family and physician's part. They could feel guilty even knowing what she was planning on doing, and after it happened, if she ever did go through with it, they would have to live with the thought that maybe they could have had Janet in their lives just a couple more days, weeks, months...etc. No one wants to think that their loved one is going to die, let alone kill themselves, and i believe that this could be hard for her family to handel all of the emotional baggage that would come along with a suicide.

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