[ricardobaltazar]

Welcome to FR. Please be aware many here see life as sacred as well as suffering and death. Thereby it is all in the hands of God.

Thank you. I realize that others have a different view on life and death and dying than I do. I respect those beliefs and therefore do not believe that anyone should be forced to end another's life. A couple of psters have said that I have no right to demand that a doctor end my life. Would you have a problem with assisted suicide being a specialty field, ensuring that only those medical professionals who feel ethically sound about performing it would be doing so?

[palmer]

As the article I posted points out, the hospital is allowing a suicide advocacy group to enter the hospital to look for victims. That is far different from giving doctors a greater range of treatment options (e.g. no resuscitation, pain relief only, etc)

[Sweetjustusnow]

"Would you have a problem with assisted suicide being a specialty field, ensuring that only those medical professionals who feel ethically sound about performing it would be doing so?"

Good idea. Now for a name.... how about death squad?

That sounds about right.