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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 09:43:14 EST
Subject: community or hospice?

 Thomas Donaldson (#12894) says we don't need a community for old 
cryonicists, but rather a cryonics hospice.

No, we don't need a hospice. Hospices already exist, almost everywhere, and 
you can die at home under hospice care. Cryonics Institute has had several 
patients die under hospice care--both at home and in hospice 
facilities--always with good results, very prompt suspensions, cooperation of 
all officials.

Dave Pizer's point was that we do need a community for old cryonicists, for 
reasons of morale and support to prevent the loss of motivation often seen in 
age and illness, and to reduce the risk of malign interference by relatives.

Robert Ettinger
Cryonics Institute
Immortalist Society
http://www.cryonics.org

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