Concerning! Euthanasia is a very controversial subject. Euthanasia for health related issues is even more controversial and e.g. violate the Hippocratic Oath.
What surprised me most that even Switzerland seems to have lax rules!
"... But as requests rise—and as requesters’ ages skew younger—debate has intensified around the practice.
The spike: Requests for euthanasia on psychiatric grounds rose ~30 each year from 2012 to 2018.
In 2023 there were 138 cases of euthanasia on psychiatric grounds, up from 68 in 2019.
52 such cases between 2020 and 2023 involved patients under 30.
Response: Some psychiatrists are calling for more guardrails like an age threshold and greater due diligence.
Elsewhere: Last year, Canada delayed legalizing euthanasia for mental illness for three years. Belgium is seeing legal challenges to the practice. "
"... Today, around a dozen countries and 11 U.S. jurisdictions allow euthanasia or some form of assisted dying, usually when a person is terminally ill;
politicians in the United Kingdom recently voted in support of a proposal to legalize the practice.
In the Netherlands, cancer is the most common reason why people choose to end their lives, but Dutch law also allows physician-assisted death in cases of mental suffering, alongside Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, which also permit the practice on psychiatric grounds. ..."
The Pursuit of Death on Psychiatric Grounds "The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails."
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