So even though the vast majority of humanists support death with dignity, we don't mind exploring the issue and considering challenges the freedom to die can raise, such as potentially endangering those who are going through a mentally difficult time, or exposing infirm people to manipulation.
For example, Lina notes that only the clocks can keep track of the passing of time and, thanks to infirm or careless time keepers, no one really knows the exact day or year anymore; possibly the situation is even more dire than the characters recognize.
First, it sets up a dangerous loop: Age discrimination tells seniors, Time has made you infirm, obsolete, and worthless.
However, in ants such as Camponotus sp., attacks start with threats (mandible opening), bites and immobilization and do not result in immediate death – workers guarding narrow nest entrances should therefore have more time to confirm or infirm their original reaction and release nestmates in case of a false alarm.
A fall on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., left her infirm to the time of her death.
What we serve our elderly and infirm, at a time when they are in most need of a decent meal, is processed slops prepared off-site by catering firms that have won the contract with the lowest possible tender.
Raising a child well, nurturing a garden, sharing time with the elderly or infirm, teaching, giving of your time even in a job you consider dead-end - all of these activities are worthy and constructive forces in this world.
Nurse Navigators Question 1: Why can't oncologists and other specialists whose patients are elderly or infirm offer appointment times on evenings or weekends?
The Yankees were the most arrogant team in the land, a starchy men's club, but just about all of them got old or infirm at the same time.
Wandering Headley's hallowed halls and playing the mandolin part for Led Zeppelin IV's "The Battle of Evermore" seems to open up something in Page, and he muses aloud about the time when he will become too infirm to pick up a guitar.
