'Dr Death' suicide pod boffin planning implant that kills you if not activated daily

dailystar.co.uk:

The Independent: “When a person has dementia, they can nowadays quite legally in some places fill out a bit of paper 10 years ago, when they are of sound mind, saying ‘if I get like this, kill me’. “Now, 10 years later, a doctor can come along, read the bit of paper, and even though you don’t know which way is up or down, legally give you an injection and end your life.

That makes a lot of people feel pretty uncomfortable, and certainly makes me feel uncomfortable.“So what we’re working on here is some sort of an implant which you have to switch off every day.

When you’ve forgotten why you’re switching something off that’s beeping, then you will die.“That puts the responsibility right back onto the person and allows them to get what they.