Citation

Schüklenk U, Vathorst SV. J. Med. Ethics 2015; 41(8): 577-583.

Affiliation

AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/medethics-2014-102458

PMID

25935906

Abstract

Competent patients suffering from treatment-resistant depressive disorder should be treated no different in the context of assisted dying to other patients suffering from chronic conditions that render their lives permanently not worth living to them. Jurisdictions that are considering, or that have, decriminalised assisted dying are discriminating unfairly against patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression if they exclude such patients from the class of citizens entitled to receive assistance in dying.

Language: en