A version of Phillip Nitschke’s assisted suicide guide has apparently been launched online. I don’t know how I feel about this & cannot help but think of the information falling into the wrong hands. I am all for euthanasia under certain circumstances but believe that certain protocols should be followed first a) to ensure that the person is not feeling coerced & b) to ensure that the desire to die is not just transitory. Dr Nitschke believes that the e-guide will “finally make it possible for many elderly people in Australia too frail and elderly to attend an end of life workshop to obtain the material directly and in the privacy of their own home." I’m not too sure how many “elderly” people even have internet access in their homes. In all my years as a community health nurse I could probably count on one hand how many even had a computer. The audience it will reach though will be the young & suicidal, or worse yet the homicidal! I suppose we will just have to wait & see what the outcomes will be.
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