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**addisonnicogel** · 05-09-2012, 05:56 PM

Hi woodscooter,

I am not sure it will be an option in the way that you say above.

In Australia, palliative care ( for people who have reached a stage of a terminal illness where they are in pain and having great diffficulty coping with basic activities of daily life ) are given drugs which do speed up their demise and make them more comfortable.

The idea that any one who really wants to die will be medically assisted to do so in any circumstance is very different to this.

As a mental health worker I see people who make suicide attempts whilst depressed and they are not in their right mind at the time due to the neurovegative symptoms of depression. It is only later when the depression is treated that they can reflect on their thinking at the time.

05-09-2012, 05:56 PM	#9
addisonnicogel Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	Hi woodscooter, I am not sure it will be an option in the way that you say above. In Australia, palliative care ( for people who have reached a stage of a terminal illness where they are in pain and having great diffficulty coping with basic activities of daily life ) are given drugs which do speed up their demise and make them more comfortable. The idea that any one who really wants to die will be medically assisted to do so in any circumstance is very different to this. As a mental health worker I see people who make suicide attempts whilst depressed and they are not in their right mind at the time due to the neurovegative symptoms of depression. It is only later when the depression is treated that they can reflect on their thinking at the time.
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