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in following up what tug said lets sketch a scenario you have some kind of terminal illness and the cure is just along the next corner wouldnt you feel a right :donkey: in the afterlife if you realized you could have skipped death.
On a more serious note I dont really like this topic. Its a very depressing one to say the least. From just a man on the street viewpoint I would say that this shouldnt be allowed. Im no doctor but wouldnt this involve some doctor which would make it against the Hippocratic oath which says "I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; "
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I also think HS has valid points in that a terminal patient cannot be in a state of mind where he can make a rationale decision due to depression etc. Which in legal terms would mean that it would be very hard to determine if the person has the capability to act(im not certain of the correct term but in a legal sense for example a 3 year killing someone does not have this requirement). . It is the classic catch 22 case a insane man cannot determine whether he is sane or not and therefore a person saying he is insane therefore is sane or something like that *. (*Read the book)
On a more serious note I dont really like this topic. Its a very depressing one to say the least. From just a man on the street viewpoint I would say that this shouldnt be allowed. Im no doctor but wouldnt this involve some doctor which would make it against the Hippocratic oath which says "I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; "
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I also think HS has valid points in that a terminal patient cannot be in a state of mind where he can make a rationale decision due to depression etc. Which in legal terms would mean that it would be very hard to determine if the person has the capability to act(im not certain of the correct term but in a legal sense for example a 3 year killing someone does not have this requirement). . It is the classic catch 22 case a insane man cannot determine whether he is sane or not and therefore a person saying he is insane therefore is sane or something like that *. (*Read the book)