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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
That I agree with, but I think a psychiatric consult at a minimum should be necessary. Your harm reduction is wrong though, as it would not really decrease the number of people jumping in front of trains by much. Without psychiatric consult I believe we're simply creating a bigger problem.
The right to die is not the same as the right to have help doing it
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I agree you need the psychiatric consult and probably a 'cool-down' period of some time before it actually happens. The one issue that is brought up in the article is the doctors.
Not many are going to sign-off on a death for a physically healthy person (hippocratic oath and all of that). In the end it should be the individuals choice. The doctor could say here's a plan and I think we can deal with this but I don't think you can ask a doctor to sign off to approve death especially with our current lack of understanding of mental health.