A lot of souls involved there...
Partly because I do not believe any one is going to die unless it is time for them to die regardless of how it happens, I believe that has to do with predestination.
And how about the soldier who falls on the grenade to save his friends is that not suicide?
Well like I said, I don`t know.
Jesus Himself said, greater love hath no man than to give his life for his friends... And, I believe, the person would not die, even then, if the Lord didn't will it so... Either way, I believe that soldier would have a place reserved in Heaven, just for being willing to die for love of others.
That's interesting... Both, I guess. I don't know how those around the patient, could live with themselves after being complicit in another's suicide: to me, that's tantamount to murder. And if the person in question suffers in the afterlife for choosing as they did, then those who helped will have to answer for that as well. You brought up an interesting dimension to the question. How do the enablers throughout the patient care hierarchy, live with what they've done?