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I support euthanasia in all cases; people have the right to live or die as they chose to.

However.

I think that if a patient is opting to select euthanasia, there should be a review committee, akin to a transplant review board, to determine a few things before the patient is permitted to chose that. In this case, there should be an evaluation to determine if the patient is able to make cognizant decisions about their own medical care and to determine that the patient is choosing it of their own free will, and not being pushed into it by family or doctors. There should also be a committee ensuring that the patient is, in fact, terminal, and that quality of life is already compromised.

This would mean that patients in an irreversible coma would not be eligible for such an action, however I would support the creation of a document like a DNR that would stipulate that in such a case they would prefer to be euthanized.