A man goes to the doctor after experiencing pain in the region of his hand. The doctor diagnoses him with a sprained wrist.
"Let it rest a few days. Put some ice on your wrist and compress it. If the pain flares up take some anti-inflammatories. You should recover in a couple of days."
"So," the patient asks. "Will I still be able to play the piano?"
"I believe you will, yes."
"That's funny. I've never been able to play it before.
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Thankfully he made this witticism in the Before Times. Otherwise the doctor would have been obliged to note his apparent disorientation and recommend that he be committed.
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The way things are going in this country, at least, the doctor might recommend euthanasia. It's a slippery slope.
I may have misheard when you mentioned an interesting website. I looked up 'into the silent land' and found a guide to the Christian practice of meditation.
I'll post a fuller response to your comment later on, but it's not a website, it's a book by Paul Broks. The full title is "Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology."
That article is concerning, to say the least. Assisted suicide is as irreversible a procedure as I can think of. Doctors shouldn't be in any hurry to have that power. Really it should do to say that families deserve privacy and leave it at that.
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