Belgium euthanized a 23 year-old woman because she was sad and her doctors were all shit.

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Flip this around and say, "Who are the doctors to be the ones to put someone to death because they asked".

The kind of doctor I would want, who respected my autonomy, and used their expertise to help me achieve the outcome I desire, rather than denying it to me for whatever reason. Its purely a matter of principle

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

whatever reason

That's where I have a difference of opinion. The role of doctor is to help with healing or to reduce suffering of a terminal patient.

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That's where I have a difference of opinion. The role of doctor is to help with healing or to reduce suffering of a terminal patient.

How do you draw a distinction in principle between this and forcing people to get vaccinated to (in theory) save lives. In both instances you have society intervening between an adult and their doctor in an effort to reduce lives lost. The vaccine actually seems more the more valid, because theoretically it is protecting other people, where this only protects people from themselves

[–]CreditKnifeMan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

How do you draw a distinction in principle between this and forcing people to get vaccinated to (in theory) save lives.

Doctors are getting paid for both. No difference.