틀:Suicide sidebar 틀:Euthanasia The Sarco pod (also known as Pegasos and has been referred to as a "suicide pod"[1]) is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation. "Sarco" is short for "sarcophagus".[2][3] It is used in conjunction with an inert gas (nitrogen) which prevents the panic, sense of suffocation and struggling before unconsciousness, known as the hypercapnic alarm response[4]:45 caused by the presence of high carbon dioxide concentrations in the blood.[4] The Sarco was invented by euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke in 2017. Nitschke said in 2021 that he sought and received legal advice about the device's legality in Switzerland.[5]
History 편집
The Sarco is an expansion of the hypoxic death provided by a suicide bag. Many people will not consider euthanasia by suicide bag for aesthetic reasons, or feel claustrophobic inside a bag. Nitschke calls this the "plastic bag factor".[6] The Sarco provides a solution to these objections.
Mechanics 편집
Access to the Sarco will be controlled by an online test to gauge mental fitness. If applicants pass, they receive an access code to a Sarco device that works for 24 hours.[7]
Users of the Sarco can choose either a dark or transparent view from the capsule. The transparent view would be chosen if they wish to transport the machine to a particular location to see a certain vista from the machine.[8] The inventor feels that "where you die is certainly an important factor".[7]
The capsule of Sarco provides for a rapid decrease in oxygen level while maintaining a low level of carbon dioxide. On activation, 4 리터 (1.1 US gal) of liquid nitrogen causes the oxygen level to drop silently to less than 5% in less than one minute. According to Nitschke, 'The occupant presses the button and the capsule is filled with nitrogen. They will feel a bit dizzy but will then rapidly lose consciousness and die'.[2]
Design and manufacture 편집
The design of the device was a collaboration between Nitschke and Dutch industrial designer Alexander Bannink.
Sarco is 3D-printed in sections measuring 1,000 by 500 by 500 밀리미터 (39 by 20 by 20 in). The design software allows for devices of different sizes to be made according to the client's dimensions. Nitschke has said that the design is intended to resemble that of a spaceship, in order to give users the feel that they are traveling to the "great beyond".[9]
Nitschke planned to release the open source plans for the Sarco by 2019.[7]
Reactions 편집
Thaddeus Pope, a bioethicist at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, said the debate over Sarco may result in a new way of approaching end-of-life options by legislators, saying that "That might be bigger or more important than the actual Sarco itself," and that Dr. Nitschke was "illustrating the limitations of the medical model and forcing us to think."[10]
Critics have described the device as "just a glorified gas chamber", and others have raised concerns that it is glamourising suicide,[11] and could lead to "suicide contagions" that inspire additional deaths.[12]
See also 편집
References 편집
- ↑ Wakefield, Jane (2021년 12월 9일). “Maker of suicide pod plans to launch in Switzerland”. 《BBC News》. 2022년 6월 23일에 확인함.
- ↑ 가 나 “Nitschke's 'suicide machine' draws crowds at Amsterdam funeral fair”. 《The Guardian》. 2018년 4월 15일. 2018년 4월 15일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2018년 4월 15일에 확인함.
- ↑ Overington, Caroline (2017년 11월 25일). “Philip Nitschke invents suicide capsule with 3D printer”. 《The Australian》 (News Corporation). 2017년 11월 25일에 확인함.
- ↑ 가 나 Nitschke, Philip; Stewart, Fiona (2016). 〈Hypoxic Death and the Exit bag〉. 《The Peaceful Pill Handbook》. Exit International US Limited. ISBN 9780975833919.
- ↑ “Sarco suicide capsule hopes to enter Switzerland”. 《swissinfo.ch》. 2021년 12월 6일.
Last year, we sought senior advice on the legality of using Sarco in Switzerland for assisted dying. This review has been completed and we’re very pleased with the result
- ↑ “Meet The Elon Musk Of Assisted Suicide, Whose Machine Lets You Kill Yourself Anywhere”. 《Newsweek》. 2017년 1월 12일. 2018년 4월 9일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2018년 4월 8일에 확인함.
- ↑ 가 나 다 Nitschke, Philip (2018년 4월 5일). “Here's Why I Invented A 'Death Machine' That Lets People Take Their Own Lives”. 《Huffington Post》. 2018년 4월 5일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2018년 4월 6일에 확인함.
- ↑ De Jong, Marjolein. “An Australian Doctor Built a Machine That Helps People Die”. 《Vice》. 2019년 4월 21일에 확인함.
- ↑ Erickson, Amanda (2018년 4월 15일). “An euthanasia expert just unveiled his 'suicide machine' at an Amsterdam funeral fair”. 《The Washington Post》. 2019년 4월 21일에 확인함.
- ↑ “A 3-D Printed Pod Inflames the Assisted Suicide Debate”. 《The New York Times》. 2021년 12월 16일. 2021년 12월 22일에 확인함.
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Anthony (2018년 4월 17일). “Suicide machine that could be controlled by the blink of an eye sparks euthanasia debate”. The Independent. 2019년 4월 21일에 확인함.
- ↑ Mark, Julian (2021년 12월 9일). “In the works for years, a suicide machine will soon be tested in Switzerland”. 《The Washington Post》. 2021년 12월 9일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서.
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