My question is this: Are there any Doctors in Canada that do this? And if so, would they assist a person who is generally healthy, who just has no more reasons to live?
Doctor Assisted Suicide Question
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Any Dr. who would openly assist in suicide wouldn't be around for long.
Any "PERSON WHO IS GENERALLY HEALTHY" would not seek such a service, and a medical man would cetainly help, NOT with suicide, but with psychological issues.
Any "PERSON WHO IS GENERALLY HEALTHY" would not seek such a service, and a medical man would cetainly help, NOT with suicide, but with psychological issues.
I've known palliative care doctors who will administer an extra dose of morphine to stop the heart of patients in the final stages of a cancer death, where there is no hope and the family is praying for death to end the loved one's suffering, and the loved one is already comatose. But having nothing left to live for is essentially severe depression. We all have something to live for, if we are capable of caring to look for it. If you have someone with these suicidal tendencies in your life, help them to get medical attention, for their survival, immediately.
Years ago, I think it was on 60 Minutes, there an interview with a doctor from Holland who had helped a physically healthy woman commit suicide. She had lost her entire family, her husband an a few kids, to separate accidents and diseases. Years later - not a knee-jerk reaction - she simply decided she had no reason to live. I don't think the doctor was charged - I think assisted suicide is legal in Holland.
the general rule is....if someone is in pain and requires an amount of morphine that is potentially lethal and the patient dies. it is phrased that they died of their illness (cancer, aids, etc..) and the amount of morphine is not what killed the patient, it was the proper amount to treat that patient's pain. there are no docs in Canada that assist in suicide
