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These doctors can’t be trusted to treat patients with Haldol. I certainly don’t trust them to properly administer euthanasia.

If they are fabricating schizophrenia dx, then they would also likely to fabricate medical cause for euthanasia.

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One option might be to not require a medical cause for assisted suicide. Instead it could be something that people have an absolute right to do for any reason or none, though I do not think most societies would be comfortable with that. Perhaps heavy due process similar to that required in many jurisdictions for a woman wanting to carry out an abortion could be required.

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