Terminally ill patients must have an illness without cure and with a future full of mental and physical degradation. This degradation could have a serious impact on the way an individual lives their life, but it does not necessarily mean they should be a candidate for euthanasia. The patient may be scared of what the future holds, but needs time to get used to the new life. To ensure that the patient is truly dissatisfied with life, this is where evaluation by a psychiatrist comes into play. If a patient is examined by a psychiatrist to determine his or her true wishes, we can eliminate family or social pressures that might influence a patient to feel guilty for being a burden to other people. These individuals who meet the above criteria should be given the option to choose death as an effective treatment to end their suffering, but are not entitled to possess the right to