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The necessary innovation is ethical/political. People over age 80 should be able to request to medically cease their life for any reason.
by Factorium 5y ago
The necessary innovation is ethical/political. People over age 80 should be able to request to medically cease their life for any reason.
- vbezhenar 5y agoYou can buy gun. Why do you have to request anything?
- code_duck 5y agoSomeone has to clean up incidents such as that. I've known people who worked for companies who were contracted to clean up homicides and suicides (ServiceMaster). They were kids barely out of high school and the experience was traumatizing for them.
- kube-system 5y agoSo that you don't risk harm to other people and property in the process?
- gruez 5y agoa tank of helium + mask/bag satisfies that criteria.
- kube-system 5y agoA person in these dire circumstances is likely also someone lacking the resources and ability to accomplish any of these "DIY" schemes. People in care homes are there because they have trouble taking care of their basic needs.
- sli 5y agoConsumer helium is sold with a good amount of oxygen in it now for exactly that reason.
- nradov 5y agoI'm pretty sure that's a myth, at least in most areas. Helium tanks usually contain >99% pure helium. I've never seen one with a significant amount of oxygen.
- LocalH 5y agoEthical self-driven euthanasia requires a lot more than just "buy a gun"
- reb 5y agoRight, there are no ethical downsides to putting the elderly in hellish group homes as long as we give them death when they ask for it.