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If they are terminally ill and in pain, then I think they should be able to end their lives. There are still ethical questions surrounding it though. How would they go about doing it and things like that.
We can give a cocktail of sedation medications that will cause a patient to fall into a deep peaceful sleep and eventually they will stop breathing (similar to an overdose of many narcotics). I think that might be the most ethical way. If their breathing does not stop we can use potassium to stop their hearts while they are in peaceful sedation.
The issue is that healthcare professionals would be facilitating this. I wouldn't support allowing any kind of method that causes extreme suffering. Although I do think that the criteria for assisted suicide/euthanasia should be that a patient is terminally ill and that they are in sound mind when making the decision (not under the influence of any mind altering drug or suffering from a suicidal mental illness).
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