Poll: How do you feel about assisted suicide?
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If you mean pulling the plug, well, I actually went to the hospital where I live and volunteered to do that for them for free, so other people wouldn't have to.
Broadly in favour, albeit with certain restrictions in order to prevent people being pressured into it.
If it were implemented I'd also like to see some independent authority which would assess cases to determine if anything could be done to alleviate the patient's condition in such a way that they'd no longer want to do it (which would hopefully also address the concerns of some opponents of assisted suicide who fear it could adversely affect treatment for clinical depression).
Other than that, I don't object to assisted suicide.
If it were implemented I'd also like to see some independent authority which would assess cases to determine if anything could be done to alleviate the patient's condition in such a way that they'd no longer want to do it (which would hopefully also address the concerns of some opponents of assisted suicide who fear it could adversely affect treatment for clinical depression).
Other than that, I don't object to assisted suicide.
As long as it's clear that they understand their decision, then I have no problem with it.
Who am I to dictate when someone can choose to end their own life?
If someone feels like their suffering is too great, it's clear that they are fully aware of their situation and the ramifications of their decision then I don't think anyone has the right to tell them that they're wrong.
They should be facilitated in passing in a controlled and dignified way.
Who am I to dictate when someone can choose to end their own life?
If someone feels like their suffering is too great, it's clear that they are fully aware of their situation and the ramifications of their decision then I don't think anyone has the right to tell them that they're wrong.
They should be facilitated in passing in a controlled and dignified way.
Wut?Queen Michael said:
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In favour. All people should have ultimate control over their own life, including when to end it, assuming they have a clear mind and understand their decision. People don't consent to being brought into existence, so I don't see why someone in deep suffering should be forced to remain alive against their wishes.
"Wut?" Wut? I mean what I said and I said what I meant. Queen Michael is honest, one hundred percent. I went to ask them that, and the receptionist laughed and said they didn't need my services.Colour Scientist said:
This.JoJo said:
One of the unfortunate side effects of the great advances we've seen in medicine is that we've become very good at prolonging life, but we don't always have a way of ensuring that there's any quality to that life. Some people are happy to cling on to every second of life they can get no matter what, while others would prefer not to live in certain conditions, and that's their right as far as I'm concerned. DNR requests are a thing, after all, why not assisted suicide?
I can certainly think of certain circumstances in which I'd prefer to have control over my own death.
Well it depends. If my buddy is depressed because his girlfriend dumped him, no I don't think he should kill himself or I should assist him. If the girl I was training to become the best boxer ever gets paralyzed from the neck down, then yes, I'd assist her euthanasia.
Not to be rude but of course she laughed.Queen Michael said:
Did you really think they would allow someone off the street to do that?
I wasn't sure, but I figured that I might have a shot. What's the worst that could happen? That the patient doesn't die?Colour Scientist said:
Eh, it's a bit more sensitive and controlled than that.Queen Michael said:
Which is exactly why someone who walked off the street who thinks "they're going to die anyway" isn't allowed anywhere near that kind of thing.
You're assisting the person in dying in a dignified manner that's as painless as possible in order to end their suffering.
It's not a case of "oh, I'll pop in and pull the plug out."
I decided that I wanted to have killed somebody at least once, but obviously I didn't want to kill someone who wasn't okay with it. I figured that this way everybody would get what they wanted.Barbas said:
I guess "assisted suicide" might technically be a correct term, but it has some severe connotations to it. Euthanasia and palliative care have a lot of shades and every case by itself is unique.
It should always be an ultimate step and something that is decided in a deep doctor - patient relationship, there are many questions to ask before you get to the point of euthanasia. But yes, I'm in favor of it. People should be able to make the call about their own life at some point.
It should always be an ultimate step and something that is decided in a deep doctor - patient relationship, there are many questions to ask before you get to the point of euthanasia. But yes, I'm in favor of it. People should be able to make the call about their own life at some point.
Tracked it down. Terry Pratchett: Choosing to diewombat_of_war said:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnu340_terry-pratchett-choosing-to-die_shortfilms
I'm all for it as long as there is a genuine medical reason for that person to want it rather than someone just wanting to end their life because they're depressed or curious or whatever. If ending your life sooner and with dignity is what you want rather than having your health slowly degrade with your family having to sit and watch, that should be an option.
As long as the patient knows what is going to happen (and to a certain extent how), they are of sound mental health and have legitimate reason to want to die sooner rather than later and there is a doctor willing to do it I see no problems.
Yeah, it can be a terrible process to see someone suffer. My mom has actually asked me to kill her if she ever gets Alzheimer's Disease because she knows how horrible it is from working with people suffering from it and she doesn't want to end up like that. The only problem I see with it is that it's hard to get valid content for these things. If a person is suffering they might be unable to get consent for it because it can be ruled as temporarily insane. However I still remember a documentary where a boy had been hit by a car and was almost completely paralysed. He asked his mom to kill him while she told people he was so happy with his life. I know I wouldn't want to live like that.JoJo said:
You are right, but not everyone knows what Euthanasia is. I didn't until I looked it up.Fdzzaigl said:
The idea is just that you want to end your life, and someone will help you do it. If that means shooting you, or giving you the means to do it yourself does not really matter in this case. Is it ok or not?
Now, that's a bit extreme but I hope you get the point.
I were more thinking along the lines of a pill or syringe, at a hospital or something in a controlled enviroment by experienced personell.
I didn't want to influence this too much, so the idea was if you can think of a way to do it where you would say it's ok, then it's ok. If not' its not.