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Honestly, assisted suicide should be allowed. If life is too shitty for someone to bear, then I think they should be allowed to do that. Why make them endure the pain of life? Why not let them end their suffering? I think that would help them more than anything.
Ok, but there should be some sort of suicide specialist that deals with it. It shouldn't have to be doctors that do it, unless they specifically choose to. Any medical professional should be able to refuse to carry out someone's suicide request without having to give any sort of justification or reason.
That clinic in Switzerland is a decent model for this. All the doctors and nurses who work there know they are there to kill people, and all the patients are made to go through a lengthy screening process to make sure it's what they really want.
I definitely don't support assisted suicide becoming part of what a normal hospital offers. It should be a separate place.
I didn't say it should be what a normal hospital offers. Just like there is a specific place for abortions, I think there should be a specific place for people who want to die as well. Though, if it were to be offered in hospitals I think that would be just as ideal.
I think those things need to be part of normal hospital (as far as I know it is for abortion in my country) because that prevents people who oppose it from attacking the clinic and everyone within it. I have heard of that happening. But it should have separate people that deal with it.
I only agree with this if the person is terminally ill and in a lot of pain. Emotional issues can usually be managed in the long term. It's a very sad waste of life to cut things short when the person's issues can actually be dealt with. Mental health issues make things very difficult and skew a person's perception of reality, but that doesn't mean that things must come to an end. It's important to seek professional help if someone feels that way.
I mostly agree, but if you have depression that lasts for over a year with no improvement despite treatment, I think that should be enough reason too. At that point the misery just shows no sight of improving
They'd be saving themselves from the chaos and the pain of life. They would be doing themselves a favor. If the suffering becomes to much the to bear rather it be mentally or physically, why force themselves to endure anymore than they already have? Life is nothing more than destruction, so why not save themselves from it? Why suffer? Like I said, if life is too much to bear, then I think somebody should be allowed to put a stop to their suffering. Also, a lot of people don't want to see professionals due to whatever reasons.
Im on the fence abour it. A few years back there was Dr. Kevorkian helping terminal patients off themselves, and I thought why not? But then I read of a case where at the last minute the patient changed his mind, but it was too late.
That may have simply been a typographical error. Some armchair investigators went through his assistant’s trash and found a page of notes that said Hugh Gale asked for the mask to be taken off right before he fell unconscious. When the real investigators went through both the assistant’s house and Dr Kevorkian’s house, they found a similar page that had that part whited out and typed over. They said that that part was a mistake so it was corrected and the original was thrown away.
Only the people in the room know for sure what happened, but the ones who talked about it - including his wife - said that he never changed his mind. The local prosecutor at the time investigated and determined the evidence supported their version of events, that he never faltered in his decision.
Here’s the prosecutor in his own words talking about the case https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/interviews/galesummary.html
For limited situations; I agree. The final freedom of choice we have (or should have) is to die on our terms.
Certain people in the Military and intelligence operatives will commit suicide at a certain point as the best option. They will be considered hero's for doing so.
I feel that there does need to be very good guidelines, as its a slippery sloop to where people feel that they have an obligation to die.
I would hate to be in a coma for a really,really,long time,never wake up,and then die. Being trapped between two worlds. Technically being alive but not being aware of it. I'd want them to let me go.
Suicide tourism is thriving in Switzerland. Get on a plane, go to Switzerland, and you can end it all in style, baby. A nice hotel room, the finest champagne to drink a toast to your voyage with death. And, then top quality barbiturates for a blissful entrance into the forever after.
It’s an extra good deal for criminals out on bail, incurable drug addicts, or terminal patients with conditions that are too painful for standard hospice. With the tourist's permission, they can even make a video of your last breath when you croak; then put it on the Internet for his fans. Mmm, pretty cool.
Don't think it should be recorded but if the patients don't care, oh well.
Agzactly. Most of this stuff is personal choice. Depression and other psychological disorders indicate against suicide. That's because it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. But felons, drug addicts, and terminal patients with conditions too painful for standard hospice should be encouraged to end it all on their own terms.
Sweetheart no. It's not just depression. First off depression doesn't always go away for everyone. I'm almost a literal therapist. I have a degree in psychology. I never ever mentioned that on here but your comment was way too insensitive. Some people never get out of their depression no matter what they do. I don't like saying that to people but it's the truth. Also it's not just depression. People have serious medical conditions where they're bedridden for life, conditions where they're in severe debilitating pain 24/7. They can't live a life at all. Stop being so damn ignorant. Not everyone is as lucky as you.
I think it should be legal. If they want to die let them do it in a way that doesn't harm others. Should be legal. Besides if I was a vegetable or whatever I'd want to die. I would want someone to end my misery more than anything. Making me stay alive would just be selfish and cruel
Thus person has saved me, many times.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmKtyeQ9Ikk
You said you're happy now and that was in your past also it's not strong, it's just truth.
What if they hold you at gun point and force you to write a suicide note then help you out by blowing your brains out.
Hey officer, I was just assisting him.
You're talking about staged suicide which is completely irrelevant. I'm talking about legal, and actual suicide. And no, I think obviously the patients should be the one to do it, but doctors to be there through the process. Just like how there is somebody there when you're in the process of getting an abortions. Also, you won't have to talk an officer if it is legal, and I want it to be legal.
Suicide is suicide, and suicide is wrong, no matter what the circumstances happen to be.
And being forced to suffer is wrong also. A person should be allowed to end their suffering. They'll have more peace than they ever had on earth. Why not let them be at peace?
Being forced to be suffering in severe pain 24/7 for their entire life and have NO LIFE is okay though? Damn you're horrible.
If I had any slow but progressive terminal illness, I most assuredly would rather die then live out my remaining days in physical and or mental pain