Posted by Triolian on September 27, 2006, at 15:44:57
In reply to Re: Suicide Attempts, posted by fca on September 27, 2006, at 14:53:31
fca,
I disagree entirely with the idea that any "professional" should interfere with a person's decision to live or not. It is a personal decision, not one to be made by someone else. It is the same as if I decide to have chemotherapy for terminal cancer or not. With chemotherapy I might live. Without it I might not. Perhaps I don't want to live any longer because life no longer holds any joy and "professionals" have nothing to offer. That is the choice my father made. That is the choice anyone should be allowed to make. "Interventions" often do more harm than good (it certainly did in my case - I've been severely traumatized by my "intervention" for 6 months) and should not be permitted without the express consent of the patient. Otherwise you are denying the basic human right to self-determination. And don't give me the jazz about the suicidal person not being in a sound frame of mind. Some of us are.
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