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does alzheimer's really count as mental illness though? I would think it was more of a disability.
by starkd 6y ago
does alzheimer's really count as mental illness though? I would think it was more of a disability.
- gingerbread-man 6y agoAlzheimer’s is a neurological disease with a well-documented physiological pathology and terminal prognosis. Mental illnesses generally lack both of those things. The ethics of assisted suicide for terminal patients are distinct, I think, and it’s understandable than terminal patients were the first to have this right recognized under law.