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To: Lane3 who wrote (4331)2/13/2003 12:16:31 PM
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I watched an assisted suicide (Sweden) special on public television last night.

Assisted suicide is legal in Sweden but Euthenasia is not. The difference being that in assisted suicide you must self administer the procedure, prescribed by a doctor. The focus of the article was a service that only requires a one hour interview to qualify. If the interviewer agrees that you are competent to make the decision for your self then the doctor is permitted to prescribe an overdose.

Several controversial points were brought out even among people who agree with legalization of assisted suicide. For example, suicide was approved for a young schizophenic man.

They tracked the case of a cute elderly man who was diagnosed as terminal but seemed to have all of his faculties and in general was doing ok at the time of his death. Even the staunch advocates of the service doubted the timeliness of the suicide. They felt it may have been, too soon.
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