Assisted Suicide Persuasive Speech

A. The problem here is that people are already burdened with an illness and on top of that, it is a long and painful process that they must endure.

There are multiple types of physician assisted suicide. Collectively, they fall under the categories: active or passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia is when someone steps in and deliberately ends a life. An example of this would be a physician administering a lethal dose of muscle relaxants to end the life of a patient. Passive euthanasia is best described as when a patient withdraws from a life preserving treatment. Euthanasia in general can also be classified as either voluntary, non-voluntary, and involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia is when a person makes the conscious decision to end his or her life. Non-voluntary euthanasia is when a person is unable to give their consent, and another person makes this decision on their behalf. This usually is the case for patients who are in a coma who have previously expressed this wish. Involuntary euthanasia is when a person is killed against their wishes. Involuntary euthanasia is almost always considered

It has been argued that for people on life support systems and people with long standing diseases causing much pain and distress, euthanasia is a better choice. It helps in relieving them from pain and misery. In cases like terminal cancers when the patient is in much pain and when people associated with them also are put through a lot of pain and misery, it is much more practical and humane to grant the person his/her wish to end his/her own life in a relatively painless and merciful way.

The difference between the two methods is the initiation or act of death; euthanasia, the doctor initiates death, whereas in physician-assisted suicide, the patient willingly takes the medication, therefore, committing suicide with the help of the doctor’s prescription (Marker 1). Because euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are relatively similar in purpose and function, they will be used in correlation to each other when discussing the use and concerns.

Introduction: Hi, today my topic is Should Doctor-assisted suicide, or “right to die” be legal, and Doctor assisted suicide means patient ask doctor for treatment to die. Before I start my presentation, I want to ask you a question. If you suffer pain from a disease, and you know that there is no medicine in the world can cure you, would you choose to do doctor-assisted suicide? I know different people have different opinion of it. Both sides have their own advantages to support their sides. Some people think that doctor assisted suicide should not be legalize because they believe in hope, and some people think people should not waste money in hospital if they are incurable. However, in my opinion, I think everyone has their right to choose their options

Euthanasia, assisted suicide, and physician assisted suicide are just a few general terms for the very complex topic. Assisted suicide, by definition, is taking a lethal dose of medicine that will shut down your body, or in other words, authorized suicide. That is seen in the case of a 29 year old woman that was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor, according to John Crisp in We Must Talk About Physician-Assisted Suicide. She took her life through injecting a lethal dose and ending her life on her own terms. (1). Brittany was young, and had a lot to live for. She knew that her fate was not pleasant though, and she didn’t want to suffer the fate that was chosen for her. In this case one cannot end their life through the fear of death, for it is a restrictive act that you must be eligible for. In Oregon, a state that is popular for being legalized, one must have a terminal illness and be well near death. (Wente 2). This proves that it is not easy to take action on this law, you must qualify under the given requirements. Overall, assisted suicide is the process of ending your life on ones own terms, if one legally qualifies to do

Life is important from when we were first made to natural death. God puts us all on this earth for a reason to love one another. That is why abortion needs to end because what if that person that was killed before birth was going to be the person to find the cure for cancer. With all the deaths due to abortion each year it is less people loving each other. We are just allowing people to kill babies that don’t even have a voice in the world yet. Everyone also needs to prevent assisted suicide because everyone needs to live until natural death.

First of all, I want to let you know that you picked a great topic that most people try to avoid talking about. As healthcare professional we have brought great benefits to the community we serve; However, we cannot entirely solve the pain and distress of the dying process. What makes this a debatable topic is that every person deals with death in their individual way. According to Murphy (2017) assisted suicide is only for those individuals that have a terminal illness as well as a prognosis of six months or less to live. Personally, I'm not for it, nor am I against it. I can understand from the individuals who are suffering from a terminal illness and sees this option as their only way out. On the other hand, working

Some people think that assisted suicide should be legal and some people think it should not be legal. This issue is serious because if the Supreme Court does change the law and make it legal then people will use assisted suicide as an excuse to get help in ending their lives. Our views as a society have not changed because we still think killing someone is murder and when someone is killed we think that person should be put in jail. So if society thinks people should not commit murder then what is the difference between murder and assisted suicide? There isn’t one. Yes when someone requests assisted suicide they want to their lives to end but that should not give us the right to go around and kill anyone who wants to die. Committing murder

In an article from The New York Times, it says that this last Friday, the California State Legislature approved a bill that will allow assisted suicide. Doctors are helping, or “assisting”, their patient in committing suicide so that person won't have to suffer with the illness that they would endure through until their eventual death. Many people are arguing that it's just not moral while supporters of assisted suicide say that it's the person that has been diagnosed with the illness that has the ultimate say. Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson says, “We are talking about giving people a choice...,” and that “They want to be able to transition out of this life with their dignity.”

Not only is assisted suicide considered murder, it also goes against Physicians’ Hippocratic Oath. “Hippocratic Oath: An oath (or promise) all physicians must swear to uphold, regarding the ethical practices of the medical profession” (Lee). By allowing doctors to stray from this oath, it will be easier for them to aid in or carry out assisted suicides when it will never be entirely necessary for them to consider the option. “In 2005, Texas doctors removed two patients from life support without advanced directions and against the wishes of the patient’s family” (Pawlick). By not legalizing assisted suicides, families will be able to decide when their family member is physically unable to continue with the provided treatments, but only when the patient themselves can no longer communicate their wishes and no document stating how they should go about the situation has been left in their families possession.

Things never really go as most of us plan. Time goes too fast and things just don't go so right. One day you can be fifteen years old, eating cold pizza in the unicorn pajama pants your ex boyfriend bought you. The next day, week, month, year, you could be anywhere.

Active euthanasia is commonly confused with physician assisted suicide. Physician-assisted suicide is performed “when a physician, at a rational request of an adequately informed, competent patient who plans to commit suicide, knowingly provides that patient with the medical means…and the patient uses those means to commit suicide” (Gert). Through this method, a physician does not “actively” kill the person, but simply provides the person with the means to end their own life. For example, a doctor gives a patient an injection of a morphine that is sufficient to cause their death, but does not administer it. In the other hand, a physician “actively” kills a patient to end his or her suffering in active euthanasia. For instance, a physician either overdoses the patient with pain-killers or sleeping pills. Although they are done differently, they both have the same purpose of ending a person’s suffering and pain.

Cancer is a very real and serious condition and not everyone can handle all that pain and everything that comes along with it. By legalizing assisted medical suicide you give people the option to go peacefully at their own times and not out of nowhere in the middle of the night. My uncle right now is suffering from a form of cancer that is said to be terminal cancer. He tries to hide his pain and he's fighting it but at some point in time fighting becomes really hard when you lose sight of what you're fighting for and why. Knowing that you're fighting so hard for just an extra few days on this earth becomes a hard thing to fight for of course speaking

Today I witnessed my first euthanasias that weren't of my own pets. It's definitely weird, when they are not your animals, and you aren't really necessary for the procedure to occur.