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Originally Posted by Not A Speck Of Cereal
As far as I know, the "irrevocable decision" is never made by the "perpetrator" (I would use the term "implementer"), but by the intended. I'm thinking Kevorkian here--perhaps we're not on the same page. I'm not aware of non-elective euthanasia happening in the civilized nations.
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If by "non-elective" you mean "
against one's explicit will", then you're probably right. However, there are also examples of assisted deaths where the intended is unable to commmunicate their will, if conscious at all. Cf. Terri Schiavo.
