PCC press release -- 8/18/98

[MScoleman at aol.com]

The problem I have with the right to die is that most people want to die
because the medical community has failed to make them comfortable during their
chronic diseases.  F'rinstance, doctors routinely don't order pain medication
for elderly people in pain.  Why is beyond my comprehension, but they don't.
If you're going to be in such pain you can't function, you tend to want to
die.  I can understand wanting the ability to pull the plug when you really
can't function, but alot of people want to die simply because they have been
failed by doctors who don't give a damn.

maggie coleman mscoleman at aol.com