However, Ira Byock of Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine believes that the process is highly unethical and dangerous. He thinks that it is unethical because people who are said to be near death might actually be healthy or only mentally unwell. Byock referenced to cases in Europe where, “40 people sought and received euthanasia for depression or other mental illness.” It is apparent that he is against it because for those in Europe, it appears they have very few guidelines as to decide who qualifies if people simply with the desire to die can be administered the procedure. In his mind, it can be assumed that the process could cause corruption issues to arise regardless of whether or not laws were put into place. Just because there are
