ext_3345 ([identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] rivka 2010-06-29 11:14 am (UTC)

Well, that's... consistent, anyway. It doesn't bother you that the desire for suicide is usually transient and responds to treatment?

Also: the medical profession should implement guidelines as a check against coercion or depression.

Please explain how one would go about certifying that a person who says "my life is awful and there is no hope of improvement, so much so that I want to kill myself" is not depressed.

If my roommate had the option of candidly pursuing a medically assisted suicide only on the basis that life was mentally unbearable, then my roommate's wellness would have come sooner

"Wellness" does not mean what you seem to think it means.

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting