Uncertain where to put this.....

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Why not just have people make decisions about their own deaths? Sign what you would like done when you're diagnosed with a disease that would probably have a painful death. That way the decision lies with you.

I assumed this wasn't the case since this is the current mechanism that largely exists today. If DNRs and similar care orders are in place your inheritance problem is non-existent.

DNR isn't the same as euthanasia. Depending on your disease, to even get to the point you need resuscitation is most probably going to be absolute hell.

Euthanasia isn't an option so far, right? Even what Raevan describes is assisted suicide, not euthanasia. There're ways for people to go peacefully if the medical community is willing to help. Deep anesthesia and then death. No pain.

I think the problem isn't so much about inheritance. It's what if you change your mind? Say alzheimer's, at the time of diagnosis, you sign a paper saying at certain stage of the disease, as determined by however many doctors, you'd like to die. What if when you get to that stage you keep saying you don't want to die? Which will do you honour? And how often do you get to change it as your disease progresses?