Thursday, October 11, 2012

"What was that idiot thinking?" ~ future me about present me

Great article about problems with end of life directives. Turns out that our present selves are not very good about predicting what our future selves will want.

Money quote:

“Despite the prodigious effort devoted to designing, legislating, and studying of advance directives, the consensus of medical ethicists, researchers in health care services, and palliative care physicians is that the directives have been a resounding failure.”

The article reminded me of the excellent book, "Stumbling On Happiness".







3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This seems right. My past self always seems to be dicking me over... what is that guy's problem anyway?

politicalScientists

Anonymous said...

This seems right. My past self always seems to be dicking me over... what is that guy's problem anyway?

politicalScientists

Anonymous said...

My dad was a big believer in dying with dignity. Also, taking away driver's licenses from old people. Until his 70s, that is.