Allowing Natural Death
“Being part of the whole thing, that’s the blessing.”
“… Dying’s part of the wheel, right there next to being born… Being part of the whole thing, that’s the blessing.”
Babbitt, Natalie, Tuck Everlasting. New York: Macmillan Publishing Group, 1975 (p. 63)
OPINION (my personal commentary)
“Allowing natural death” is a phrase used by healthcare professionals when the synthesis of a patient’s values and the pati…