PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Udo Schuklenk AU - Suzanne van de Vathorst TI - Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and assisted dying AID - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102458 DP - 2015 May 02 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - medethics-2014-102458 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2015/05/02/medethics-2014-102458.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2015/05/02/medethics-2014-102458.full 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.