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Assisted suicide for psychological reasons
A woman, who was a victim of child sex abuse, has ended her life in the Netherlands due to the mental suffering she was enduring.
Doctors deemed her "mentally competent" to make the decision.
Sir Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Philip Nitschke, director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International, debate whether this should be allowed.
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