Argumentative Essay On Euthanasia

Euthanasia has been around for many generations. However it has often been questioned whether or not a patient whom has no hope of recovery has the right to decide when and how to end their life. Euthanasia is often defined as ‘the act of deliberately ending a person’s life to relieve suffering’ (NHS choices , 2014). Euthanasia is also described as Mercy killing, however Mercy killing is occasionally defined as allowing someone to die, by withholding extreme medical measures (Dictionary.com, 2015 ). Euthanasia is a very complex issue and has been a controversial issue for a long time, dating back to the time when ancient romans and Greeks supported euthanasia and its practice after the Hippocratic

When people hear the words euthanasia, mercy killing or physician-assisted suicide, they immediately start to think that it will open doors to countless deaths of depressed, suicidal individuals or people who are think life would be better off if they died. They feel like there will be a switch where it starts off as a voluntary procedure, but soon becomes something one can be forced to do. However, critics look over the fact that euthanasia is voluntary, and it’s a person’s right to decide what happens with their body. As stated by Sue Rodriguez, a Canadian advocate for PAS, “If I cannot give consent to my own death, whose body is this? Who owns my life?” (Sue Rodriguez AZ Quotes).

Euthanasia is a very controversial and sensitive topic because of the ethical, legal, and moral issues of it. In the United States alone, it is illegal almost everywhere, however; it’s legal in Colorado, Vermont, Montana, Washington D.C., Oregon, Washington, and California. But, what exactly is euthanasia? Euthanasia can be categorized in three different ways; voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia, and involuntary euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia is when a patient agrees to receive assistance to end his or her own life, which is legal in some places around the globe. Non-voluntary euthanasia occurs when the consent of the patient is not available. For example, if an individual is in a coma or vegetative state, they are physically incapable of giving consent. Involuntary euthanasia happens when an individual decides to end a patient's life without asking for consent, or doing it against the patient’s will. This can also be considered murder. Initiating euthanasia can be in the forms of, but not limited to, injections, drugs, Nitschke’s suicide pill, and dehydration, all of which vary in pain. In addition, it is estimated that we spend approximately 20-30% of insurance money to the terminally ill. Despite being seen as ethically wrong, the legalization of voluntary euthanasia can be beneficial and great around the world, because it prevents gory and horrific deaths, can be the key for terminally ill people to avoid agonizing and intense pain, and it can

The issue of euthanasia occupies an essential place among many legal, medical, religious and other problems. The phenomenon itself is a subject for reflection of public consciousness since human life today is the primary value for the world society. The issue has acquired another way of demand because, about all legal and moral realities, the right to life brings it to the level of universal and global challenges of our time. Advances in modern medicine have changed the attitude towards death as a one-stage phenomenon, doctors today can support the life of patients even in the gravest condition, not allowing him or her to die. For this reason, the previously used criteria for determining a person's death came into conflict with its new scientific understanding, and the role of euthanasia discusses the considerable controversy. At the same time, euthanasia is gaining momentum, as every year several thousand people go to another world with the voluntary consent and assistance of doctors and a real euthanasia applied to children and people with questionable testimonies for the termination of life. Therefore, the question of euthanasia today is acuter than ever, complicated not only for reasons of rationale and humanity but also from a religious point of view.

I had never subscribed to the idea of “trusting nobody”. After all, life is so much better with friends, isn’t it? Maybe, as I found one year ago, these two things aren’t mutually exclusive. Perhaps you cannot trust your friends, and still have them. Maybe, just maybe, this is too dramatic for what truly happened. However, I am sure that after seeing what happened that day a year ago, anybody would agree that what happened was a betrayal of the highest order.

Pertaining to Ms. Benchetrit first point, Euthanasia is clearly superior to palliative care or Hospice care: As my colleague already stated, Using Ontario physician fees, they calculated that euthanasia could cost between $269 to $756(check these numbers). This also depends on the doctors or drugs involved in the process. However, Palliative care or hospices cost around $1100 per day in an acute care hospital bed, $630-$770 per day in a bed at a palliative care unit and $460 per day in a residential hospice bed. By using euthanasia, it saves the patient an enormous amount of money. Also, sadly, palliative care is not a cure and just prolongs someone's life for no reason. In addition, Palliative care can be difficult for families because they have to watch their loved one in a terrible state when they are slowly dying. Palliative care is still an acceptable option for some people, although euthanasia is a preferable alternative that should be authorized in Canada.

Most of us have been in the position where our pets fall very ill and old. What did we do? Some of us put them down, letting them rest peacefully. Others? We let them live on to carry out their lives naturally. Now think deeper. Is this something we do to humans also? Euthanasia. A singular word with a huge controversial stance. Euthanasia is the practice of physician-assisted suicide to the terminally ill. With such a broad history, the topic has taken the world by storm.

How would you feel if you woke up to a nightmare, where governmental laws and regulations dictate that a fully autonomous and happy person should die? Of course, you would not want the nightmare again and you would stand up in protest and fight against such laws. Almost all human beings firmly believe that they have the right to live and whatever life may throw along our way, and that others cannot dictate it or impact that sense of right or belonging. It is the very nature of our survival or we would have gone extinct a long time ago. In a similar case, don’t we have a right to choose death instead of depending on others for basic functions like eating, dressing, going to the restroom or to bed? How does it make any sense for the government to deem euthanasia or Physician-Assisted-Suicide (herein known as PAS for the rest of this paper) as illegal even to people who cannot endure the loss of dignity and even worse watch as their rights being snatched by a government? Euthanasia and PAS has been controversial through the ages and people often reason that a person cannot take control of his or her own life and end it, citing various reasons for it. It is not rational when the person did not ask for this illness, and merely looking for a better solution to the effect. Opponents of euthanasia and PAS, the people who make up the core of anti-euthanasia views have various claims against it but often miss out on the reality, in places where it has been legalized. They

The issue of euthanasia is a very emotional subject for most people. When deciding on whether it should or should not be legalized, people must look at the correct definition of euthanasia which is “the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.” It is crucial to weigh each side of this issue to gain appropriate knowledge and understanding of what it truly means to use euthanasia. It is important to examine the problems and outcomes of this debatable issue. Although the subject of euthanasia has two sides, a compromise can be reached by putting safeguards in place to make sure these terminal patient’s rights are protected, and they are not abused by giving them complete power and knowledge to make this life changing decision.

Euthanasia is “the deliberate act undertaken by means of putting one person with the intention of ending the life of another person, to relieve that person’s suffering where that act is the cause of death”. On June 17th 2016 the Canadian government passed a new federal legislation “creating a regulatory framework for the purpose of medical assistance in dying in Canada”. The euthanasia procedure is new to the medical industry although it is widely recognized in the veterinary industry. Unfortunately, it is unpredictable how death will personally play its part on our lives, as everyone, wishes to die a peaceful and dignified death that is not at all times the case. This is shown in individuals living with a terminal illness, or that are in an irreversible coma. What is often forgotten is that death is a normal part of life as it is inevitable. Therefore, if an individual personally wishes to be euthanized at the end of their life due to the unbearable pain and suffrage they are enduring it is more than acceptable. Whereas to force a person to suffer while await the moment their life will end is in fact a punishment and a truly inhumane act.

Introduction: For my research project, I decided to explore the controversy of whether people should have the right to die under their own terms. Euthanasia has become a heated topic, and as of today, it is illegal to end a life through medical means except in Washington DC, California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. Euthanasia entails a physician administering medication to end one's life. It is illegal in most of the United States and other countries around the world, but recently supporters and activists have been taking a stand. They have been preaching that it is only moral to respect the wishes of a patient who is terminally ill or suffering to have the right to end their life. When researching my topic, I will be including all sides to the argument. Though my prior experiences and research puts me on one side of the argument. I believe that a terminally ill individual has the right to end their life if they are mentally capable of making the decision.

When people are introduced to something new, they can become skeptical and dismissive. Especially, if the concept changes the status quo. This applies to the concept of physician assisted suicides. If the practice becomes common, it will diffuse to other parts of the

    America’s founding fathers declared that every person had certain inalienable rights they are born with and cannot be separated from. They listed citizens’ rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Today's government must decide if a right to life equates to a right to death.

Most adults diagnosed with cancer undergo years of treatment in attempts to cure that cancer. However, sometimes these treatments may not work, or the cancer is found too late in a patient to be stopped, and a patient’s cancer can be determined terminal, which means that the cancer can not be cured and will lead to death. If cancer is determined terminal, end-of-life care can be administered patients to control lasting pains, including shortness of breath, nausea, and constipation. However, this treatment does not cure the cancer, and will not prevent death in a terminally ill cancer patient. In some cases, patients decide that receiving end-of-life treatment is not worth it if the treatment does not prevent death. Terminally ill cancer patients may also continue to experience unbearable suffering, despite end-of-life treatments, as it is not always effective. These factors may push some terminally ill cancer patients to request to be actively euthanized. Active euthanasia is the merciful ending of a patient’s life through a single act, such as an injection. Terminally ill cancer patients should have the right to determine if they are actively euthanized. However, only patients who consider their suffering unbearable should have the right to be euthanized.

Voluntary euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide, has been a controversial issue for many years. It usually involves ending a patient’s life early to relieve their illness. Most of the controversy stemmed from personal values like ethics or religion. The euthanasia debate puts a huge emphasis on what doctors should do for their patients and how much a person’s life is worth. Supporters of euthanasia primarily focus on cost and pain alleviation. Opponents of euthanasia tend to focus on morality. Whether euthanasia is legal or not could significantly affect future generations’ attitudes about death. Euthanasia should be legalized nationally because it helps patients that could be in unimaginable pain, offers more options for more people, and it is relatively inexpensive compared to the alternatives.