title: Chronic pain and voluntary euthanasia.
abstract: Emotional status and its brain bases change in a chronic pain patient and this change affects his/her decision making ability. Moreover, it is accepted that a mentally disturbed individual is not competent to make critical decisions. According to these bases, this article demonstrates that such patients are not entitled to request voluntary euthanasia.
authors.affiliation: Medical student, Department of medical ethics, Shiraz medical school, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rismanchi
keywords: Chronic pain; Decision making; Emotion; Voluntary euthanasia
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