善終 Dying a peaceful and natural death

善終

   談一個觀念，如果一個人臨終時，被電擊，感覺會不會像進入深熟睡的人被強力喚醒? 而且還是用電擊醒的(想要病人恢復心跳)!

   不知道為什麼善終的觀念沒有在醫療裡面建立?

一個老人家要過世了，是否也像嬰兒出生一樣需要時間?

死亡也需要時間不是嗎？如果一個可以往生的人進入昏迷狀態，是否也是在等待肉體的結束，真有必要在等待往生時，再給予電擊急救嗎？

 如果恢復心跳代表神經系統還在，那麼那樣脆弱的身體，到底能再承受嗎？還是變成一路被嚇死?

半寄


Dying a peaceful and natural death
 

           Just to propose a different view. Will it be like awaking a man from his sound sleep with strong force, say, electric-shock, in particular, when defibrillating a dying person?

          It’s odd, somehow, that the idea of dying a peaceful and natural death hasn’t been built up in the medical system. Doesn’t it take time for a senior to proceed his death, just like a new-born baby does? Dying takes time, doesn’t it? When a person is about to die and lapses into unconsciousness, is it likely that he is  waiting for his body to come to an end? Then,should we bother to defibrillate a dying person when he is waiting for his death?

              Suppose the resuscitation of heartbeats coincides with that of the nervous systems, can a vulnerable man survive another forceful/heavy striking? Or the defibrillation simply scares him to death along the way?

                                                                        

  Master Ban-Ji

  Translated by Grace Tsai

 Proofread by Sophiea Kuo