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9 days agoIt’s assisted in the sense that a doctor can help them insert an IV, load up the correct drugs, make sure they understand the procedure, and monitor to ensure it goes smoothly, but the patient themselves need to press the button that releases the drugs (or nitrogen in the sarco pods case)
If they are capable of giving consent, they are capable of activating the system themselves.
You’re thinking of a big red push button, but a button can be a pad that you bite down on, or a eye twitch activated electrode, or any number of things.
The important thing is they initiate the process themselves, so that they have the option to withdraw consent as easily as they gave it.
True consent is not immutable.