Ethic class

1) An Aids Case: James is a twenty-five year old man who is dying from aids. His doctors predict that he will die within six months or a year. He is not in a great deal of pain yet, but he is very depressed and suicidal. He tells his doctor that he needs very strong pills to help him sleep at night, but the doctor suspects that James intends to kill himself with an overdose. It is not illegal for the doctor to prescribe these pills, and since the 1961 Suicide Act, it is not a criminal offense to commit suicide or to attempt to do so. Should the doctor prescribe these pills or not?