Chapter 30 Death Mutual Aid Agreement

It was only natural for my friend to come to me in that situation, it was the only way he could end his life with dignity. A seventy-four-year-old dermatologist, suffering from Parkinson's disease for years, was unable to drive, hike or do his favorite gardening jobs after a heart attack.So he took a simple bag and a bottle of lethal sleeping pills, bid farewell to his wife, son and old dog, and went to a distant place to find another old friend of his, a 64-year-old economist. A dermatologist and an economist had signed a mutual aid agreement a year earlier, promising each other to face an incurable or hopeless condition, physical or spiritual, that robbed life of meaningful purpose and When you become an excessive burden on your family, friends, or society, you should help the other person to end his remaining life.

The economist knows where his friend is coming, but doesn't say much, just spends his last days with him, doing the few activities they can still share.The dermatologist asked his old friend not to schedule a show on Tuesday night, and that night, the two old friends had dinner as usual in front of the living room window, and then said goodbye.Back in the bedroom, the dermatologist wrote an affectionate letter to his wife, called her again, took forty sleeping pills, and passed away peacefully. This is a true story that happened in the United States in August 1978.After being disclosed in national newspapers, it caused a lot of commotion, concern and discussion.Some said the dermatologist's behavior was arrogance; the dermatologist's wife, although sad, was not surprised because her husband had discussed this issue with her publicly on many occasions. She said: Although I know him Why does this, but I still can't accept it.

And the economist who knew him and accepted him said: Everyone must make up his own mind, and when nature will not do something for you, you may have to do it yourself.It was natural for my friend to come to me in that situation, that was the only way he could end his life with dignity, and he wanted to be peaceful in his last days, maybe it's hard to imagine, but it was a good die. Only those who have lived with dignity can die with dignity.