"Choosing to Die", I honestly think that every person is born with some unique skills to serve not only himself but also the others so choosing to die means he is being hopeless! There were lot of so-called terminal illness in the past but their remedies are invented with time. So losing hope is worst a person can do. It takes courage to live with hardships.
But I respect your opinion.
That's the whole point, it is about people that are hopeless, people that are in great pain and know that suffering is all that lies ahead for them. At this point, there is no more helping the others. On the contrary, by chosing to die you do your loved ones a favor. Watching someone die of cancer is horrible, believe me.
Sure, maybe in the future cancer will no longer be terminal, I certainly hope so, but unfortunately people that ask for euthanasia cannot wait for that future. Their future is a few more months, maybe years of misery, with no quality of life to speak of and no dignity, hence the name of the Swiss clinic.
Sorry if I got carried away, I am very touchy on the subject, but on the other hand we are hear to talk and share our views. By the way, the documentary I mentioned earlier did show different point of views. People with the same disease and prognosis - one wanted to die, the other to live. The idea is to have a choice.
I think such people should accept their fate (just like most patients do) and they should believe that duration of lives of all people are decided therefore, they can't live less than decided for them by the God! (assuming he's not an atheist). At-least that's my take.
But well, lets agree to disagree.