Erasmides

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Should euthanasia be limited to the terminally ill? There have been well-publicized cases of non terminal patients using physician assisted suicide. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/marc-eddy-verbessem-belgium-euthanasia_n_2472320.html

I have experience working with the very old and ill. Many of those who give "informed consent" are saying yes to what someone else thinks best. I know of a nursing home where staff will tell residents who to vote for! How do you protect vulnerable populations from inappropriate influences when deciding euthanasia?

I am especially concerned when the next of kin is "advising" euthanasia. In the US, many people's fortune are destroyed by end-of-life care. Inheritors stand a lot to gain by encouraging their relatives to "throw in the towel". http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/32484399.html?ipad=y

How will you prevent inappropriate influence? Home vists? Psychological screening? Will you ask about who the inheritors are? Is there a standard of consent more rigorous than "informed consent"?

My understanding is that prisoners get assaulted, raped, etc because they get involved in someone else's business. Prisoners who keep to themselves have a much nicer stay.

In other words, people victimized in prison because they keep making the same mistakes that got them sent to prison in the first place.

Is this true?