Non-medical Model of Assisted Dying

In this recent Ethical Frontier podcast, Eric Mathison proposes a non-medical model of assisted dying.

The current, dominant model of MAID requires patients to get approval from healthcare providers before getting access to assisted suicide and euthanasia. This is problematic for a couple of reasons. 

First, there's a theoretical problem - namely, it's paternalistic because it requires a healthcare professional to be convinced that the patient is suffering intolerably. And second, there's a practical problem because there aren't enough healthcare professionals who provide the service. 

In response to these problems, Mathison believes that (1) the only requirement that a patient needs to meet is that they are making an autonomous choice, and (2) that non-medical personnel should be able to assist in their deaths.