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I understand euthanasia as an act of compassion, but I think it’s tricky for the mentally ill. I suffer from depression with suicidal ideation, but the truth is that I don’t want to die but ease my suffering. From what I read, the Canadian government will require consent to be euthanized, but what sound consent can give a patient in a state of mental despair?
I understand euthanasia as an act of compassion, but I think it’s tricky for the mentally ill. I suffer from depression with suicidal ideation, but the truth is that I don’t want to die but ease my suffering. From what I read, the Canadian government will require consent to be euthanized, but what sound consent can give a patient in a state of mental despair?
Um. OF COURSE they require consent to be euthanized. That's the only way it can happen. Canada does not euthanize people at random without their consent. Good Lord.
That's the issue from what I've read and the reason for the delay in implementing MAID for the mentally ill. It has to be the person's decision, and it's not a matter of just picking up the phone and saying, "Hey, Doc, I wanna die, sent over the needle." There is a complicated application process. For example, Dr. Shelley Sarwal, who documented her own journey through the MAID procedure, was only 47 years old, but she had an irreversible degenerative disease that was going to render her completely helpless and bedridden with no quality of life. You can already see in the documentary that she can barely walk, and as she is talking to the doctor at her kitchen table, she has her arm on the table with her hand holding up her head, and she mentions that if she wasn't sitting that way, she wouldn't be able to hold up her head.
But still, she had to set a date for her death and discuss the drugs and the details of her death. It does not happen in two days and and there has to be no hope of recovery. There is, of course, also paperwork to be done, as in any government procedure.
It will be trickier with a mentally ill person, and that's the reason for the delay. They would have to be determined to be competent to make the decision for themselves, and just like any of the other allowable reasons for MAID, there has to be no quality of life or hope for a cure or treatment.
In this case, a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's chose to die via MAID, but did not tell her family. There is no obligation for a person to inform anyone else of their decision.
Now that you are here again, do you think you can apologize for your baseless accusations?
There were no baseless accusations, and so there will be no apology. You posted misleading information with an obvious political slant in a health-related forum. I called you on it. End of story.
And I am not "here again", I have been here all along, so I don't know what you're trying to do there, but it doesn't matter. I simply ignored you.
Despite whatever your intentions may have been, the topic is important and presents an opportunity to share knowledge and inform those who wish to learn.
Posting false information to disparage good people does none of those things. Please just stop.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
You posted misleading information ....
I never posted any false or misleading information. This is what you should apologize for.
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Euthanasia for the Mentally Ill is Tricky
