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Originally Posted by stopdog
That would annoy the bejeezus out of me. I am pro letting go of life in 99.9% of situations (I am often the court appointed guardian for the dying/unable to communicate person and have been in a lot of those meetings).
OF course, I also have the final exit book memorized, a stock pile of various methods depending on what has befallen me, instructions in my poa NOT to resuscitate me, and directions to my friends and loved ones to club me and/ or walk away for a day if I collapse.
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I am also pro letting go of life, and I wish there were better options in place in this country to make the process less drawn out and tortuous for all involved (if desired). However, if I were the doctor in question and I cried, it wouldn't really be over the fact of death per se, but because I felt an overwhelming sense of empathy for the loved ones of the person who was about to die and for their loss. Of course, me crying would not be helpful to them.
I don't personally cry in situations like that, probably because I have not yet experienced the loss of a person that is close to me. I do sometimes find myself almost tearing up when I hear someone's pet has died or is about to die. It is not for the pet that I am sad. Their suffering is over or about to be over. I feel empathy for the suffering of their person or people.
Maybe this doctor has some sort of loss in her past that she is reminded of when she loses a patient.