I’m talking about people do NOT consent to PAS. I talking about people do NOT want to be killed who are pressured to do this by other people, either via subtle or not so subtle means. I’m talking about people who are not presented with all their options before being offered PAS, or who are not permitted to access all their options because someone else has decided “cost effectiveness” or saving money is more important. I’m not talking about someone frail and elderly not wanting to be a “burden” to their family, I’m talking about their family or someone else making that decision then trying to “encourage” the person towards PAS.
This doesn’t seem to be happening at this point (except for rare outliers like Dr. Kevorkian who was, I felt, rightly convicted and jailed for his actions). I do very much worry about it happening in the future. The fact that every few years there is a court case of a nurse or doctor killing off patients shows that there is a real risk to be guarded against.