RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and assisted dying JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 577 OP 583 DO 10.1136/medethics-2014-102458 VO 41 IS 8 A1 Udo Schuklenk A1 Suzanne van de Vathorst YR 2015 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/8/577.abstract AB Competent patients suffering from treatment-resistant depressive disorder should be treated no different in the context of assisted dying to other patients suffering from chronic conditions that render their lives permanently not worth living to them. Jurisdictions that are considering, or that have, decriminalised assisted dying are discriminating unfairly against patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression if they exclude such patients from the class of citizens entitled to receive assistance in dying.