79 år gamle Paula Westoby i Australia ønsker ikke å bli gjenopplivd dersom hun skulle falle om. Nå har hun gjort ønske sitt tindrende klart - gjennom en tatovering på brystet.
Paula Westoby, the Dunedin co-ordinator of euthanasia group Exit International, admitted to being "scared to death" before getting her first tattoo yesterday.
"I guess if I collapse on the table, the tattooist will let me be," she said.
Ms Westoby, who has high blood pressure, said she wanted to die with dignity and the tattoo was her assurance she would not be resuscitated.
"I wanted to add 'If you do I will sue' at the bottom of it, but you have to stop at some point."
Two months ago, she wrote the message, with the help of her grandson in indelible ink across her chest and then decided to get it done - permanently.
"I wanted to make a statement and I think this is the best way to do it . . . and it is bloody practical too."
"I guess if I collapse on the table, the tattooist will let me be," she said.
Ms Westoby, who has high blood pressure, said she wanted to die with dignity and the tattoo was her assurance she would not be resuscitated.
"I wanted to add 'If you do I will sue' at the bottom of it, but you have to stop at some point."
Two months ago, she wrote the message, with the help of her grandson in indelible ink across her chest and then decided to get it done - permanently.
"I wanted to make a statement and I think this is the best way to do it . . . and it is bloody practical too."
Jeg har læst om at ambulance personale ikke "har lov" til at tage hensyn til en sådan tatovering, og er nødt til at forsøge genoplivning alligevel. Men jeg kunne da håbe på at de er mindre hurtige og ihærdige :-)
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Det er sikkert riktig. Jeg kjenner heller ikke så mye til medisinen i dette (prognose osv.). Det viktigste er jo å få lov til å dø hvis det er skjedd store, uopprettelie skader
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