Op-Ed: Give us say over end-of-life issues

August 29, 2008

Most of us have learned since childhood that if we work hard, good things will happen to us; if we act properly, we will be blessed with a happy and rewarding life. Even people who believe strongly in God’s will know that God can’t do it all without our help. We are largely responsible for our own successes and failures.

It is only at the end of life that this “system” fails. As we age or face a terminal illness, we wonder: What happened to our lifelong sense that we have a lot of control over our fate? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)