Tag: mental illness

Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2021
Euthanasia}

Psychiatrist: Refusing Euthanasia for Mentally Ill Discrimination

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2021
Euthanasia}

It used to be that psychiatrists and psychologists strived to prevent mentally ill people from committing suicide. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2021
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

Euthanizing the Mentally Ill

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2021
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

Should psychiatrists and other doctors assist the suicides of mentally ill patients? Not that long ago, the answer to that question would have been unequivocally, “No” The job of a mental health professional is to save the lives of suicidal patients, not help them die. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 17, 2020
Euthanasia}

Assisted Suicide is Never a Treatment for Mental Illness

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 17, 2020
Euthanasia}

Addressing the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith said that activists and pressure groups often use fear, in particular fear-mongering on the difficulties of death, to push through their agenda. Read More ›

desperate man in silhouette sitting on the bed with hands on head

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 14, 2020
Patient Care}

Autonomy or Abandoning the Mentally Ill?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 14, 2020
Patient Care}

A U.K. woman with anorexia is in danger of starving to death and courts there will not allow force-feeding to save her life because she has decision-making capacity. Read More ›