X-Message-Number: 15293
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:16:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Mike Perry's suggestion

Mike Perry of course is right: Ideally, people who are at imminent risk of
death should relocate near a cryonics facility. Even more ideally, we
should have a suitable place ready for them.

In practice however I have seen many cases (which Mike must know about,
since his knowledge is encyclopedic) where elderly or infirm people become
extremely stubborn and refuse to take action that is clearly in their own
interests. In my limited experience, I can't think of a single person who
has relocated in anticipation of cryopreservation. This raises an issue
which deserves far greater consideration than it receives: The tendency of
patients to interfere with their own care.

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