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Any kind. In psychosis or mania there is often denial and resistance to treatment. These can also happen in depression, anxiety, OCD, personality disorders, eating disorders and less common disorders. There are many reasons why someone may resist treatment. To deny them compulsory treatment where it is indicated could be likened to denying lifesaving treatment to someone with heart disease or diabetes.
Exactly, I feel these are two separate issues. One is related to an individuals decision to end their own life, while another is outside pressure for someone else to die.
Indeed. The system should not allow anyone to pressure the person to die. Their wish to remain alive must be protected. Advance directives are important.
I guess the tricky part is how do you tell the difference? I suppose some sort of screening process? I haven't really thought that much about it.
I think having documentation ahead of time is helpful. The person should receive medical and legal advice to help them decide. Then that is recorded, and updated at intervals if the situation changes or the person wants to change their instructions.
How you be sure that his mind is healthy , maybe he just need the correct cure .
The suffering that is a normal part of life is not the same as the suffering people have that leads them to think about voluntary euthanasia. I disagree that there are realistic treatments for suffering. Medical care can only alleviate some illnesses - there is a lot it cannot do. Pain is only one factor, there can also be nausea, involuntary shaking or muscle movements, constipation, diarrhoea, urinary symptoms, chronic open wounds, discharge, breathlessness, dizziness, anxiety, depression, fatigue, insomnia, dry mouth, dry eyes, loss of appetite, loss of vision, hearing, taste, and smell, skin itching, paralysis, psychosis, dissociation, and dementia. Many of these symptoms can be difficult or impossible to reduce.
That's fine if you don't want to use this right, but why should you be able to deny it to others?
I'm not just talking about mentally ill people though. I think anyone for pretty much any reason should be able to die. I fail to understand how suicide is a bad thing that it should be a crime.
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I read this as possibly that the person was thinking about older adults who are the majority of people who get terminal illness, and then remembered that sometimes children get terminal illness too. There are now specialist hospices for children in a few places around the world.
That doesn't really address your belief that suicide is inherently wrong, though. Other posts in this thread have pointed out that a system can be developed to reduce the chance of abuse in the way you describe. Currently it is possible for people to kill a patient and get away with it, so it's a very difficult crime to prevent. I argue that this risk should not be used to deny law reform. I would like to know why you believe others should have the right to control whether I live or die.
