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That responsibility of doctors/psychiatrists to evaluate the case for allowing an individual's choice to die must weigh heavily at times. I remember the case fr
by samizdis 6y ago
That responsibility of doctors/psychiatrists to evaluate the case for allowing an individual's choice to die must weigh heavily at times. I remember the case from two years ago of a teenager who, because of an awful childhood, was mortally depressed and chose to die. UK news report [1].
Wikipedia article about the teenager [2]
[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/euthanasia-clinic-suicide-depression-rape-anorexia-netherlands-teenager-noa-pothoven-a8944356.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/euthanasia-c...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noa_Pothoven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noa_Pothoven
- louwrentius 6y agoShe committed suicide in the end, it was not (assisted) euthanasia as far as I can tell, although she wanted that.