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Suicide is surprisingly hard to do, nature has done a great job of restricting masochism. Most suicidally-motivated people have 1 or 2 unsuccessful tries, in which they reconsider, and decide against it. It's quite common.
But i consider a person's right to die as they choose their right. A person should have control of their life, if even only in an illusion. Death is most certainly part of life, and it's their right. If they're convinced by their family to live for the greater good (so the family won't suffer the loss), then so be it. But nobody should be forced to live in suffering, whether you or i believe it's suffering or not.
But of course, if a casual person wishes to die they can probably do it without being found out until the end. This is more about the terminally ill's right to end it quick.
Granted, of course, the terminally ill or disabled should have to continue to wish to die for a week or two before being let down. A person who accidentally fell and broke their back, for instance, will most likely want to die immediately after; since that's what they expected to do (during the fall) and can't imagine living without the use of their spine. Such shock would disrupt their logic, and so they should wait to die for an amount of time before being allowed to, so they can adjust to their new life and decide if they really wish to exit it so early.
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