[ExI] Medical power of attorney for cryonicsts

Rafal Smigrodzki rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com
Sun Dec 7 00:45:25 UTC 2014


On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 6:36 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:



> I would say that you have to be very sure that your recommendation
> isn't going to make the time they have left worse for everyone
> concerned. Providing false hope could be torture for the patient and
> their family.


### Is hope so bad? Even if eventually everything goes the way of the
flesh, a few months of feeling better because you believe in a placebo
isn't worse than a few months of anxiety over impending doom. The sense of
agency you gain from participating in a study, knowing you are doing
something rather than bleakly submitting to fate, is empowering.

Also, bexarotene at the doses suggested for AD (75 mg/day) is highly
unlikely to worsen the situation. It may disappoint (and most AD drugs do)
but it won't harm you.

Rafał
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