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This 11-page essay discusses some of the cultural aspects about death that have changed in America during the last century.
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"how long do I have?" but "how can I get rid of it?" There are a couple of interesting things about this
example. First, there is the fact that there are treatments to help those who have this disease, which once might have been fatal. Second, there is the fact that, a
century ago, an 87-year-old man with any kind of cancer would have gratefully accepted his fate, understanding he had lived well and long, especially in a time during which the
average age of death was around 50. This man would have made his peace with his family and prepared himself to die. But
not today. Even when told that the option was chemo (with potential serious side effects such as pneumonia) and a requirement to stay in a skilled nursing home because of
potential side effects, this elderly man chose the course of chemo rather than face death. He managed to stave off death from the cancer all right; but died less than
a year later from complications of pneumonia. The irony here was that he was in remission when he died, and the quality of his last few months of life wasnt
all that terrific. What is wrong with this picture? Why would an elderly man put himself through such discomfort, simply to buy a
few more months of a questionable quality of life? Furthermore, why do parents insist that children in a coma continue to be hooked to life support and feeding tubes on
the off chance they might awaken? The Terri Sciavo case of the mid-2000s never would have happened in the early 1900s - if Terri had collapsed and lost her brain
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