Doctor Assisted Death And Its Effects On Children And Mentally Ill Patients

According to Paul J. van der Wal et al. in ¨Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Other Medical Practices Involving the End of Life in the Netherlands, 1990–1995¨, he addresses that assisted suicide should be legal and regulated. The authors’ purpose of writing this journal article is to make reliable estimates of euthanasia; to describe patients and physicians, and to evaluate changes between 1990 and 1995. Even though assisted suicide is a growing taboo, it is being practiced more each and every day. Paul J. van der Wal et al. chose to conduct two studies to answer their hypotheses.

Physician Assisted Death must be an option to terminally-ill patients because they have a constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness. For example, Wolf Breiman, 88, who had multiple myeloma stated that “Whatever gives you a sense

Once people are diagnosed to be terminally-ill, they only have a certain amount of time to live, and they know that as their disease progresses that they will only get worse and worse and they will eventually lose themselves. These people should have a choice as of whether they want to live out those dreadful days that lie ahead of them, or to simply end their lives peacefully, without any pain. Physician- Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia allows people to make the decision. Although the end-result of both procedures is the same, the technique differs slightly. In Physician- Assisted Suicide, the physician injects the lethal substances, and with Euthanasia, the doctor only provides a lethal amount of a drug to the patient and they ingest it themselves. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia should be legalized as a federal law so that the patients have the right to decide whether they would like to end their lives when in a terminally-ill state.

Thesis: When it comes to the topic of physician-assisted suicide (PAS), some experts believe that an individual should have the option of ending their life in the event that they have been given six months to live with a terminal illness or when the quality of their life has been vastly changed. Where this argument usually ends, however, is on the question whether physician-assisted suicide is medically ethical, would be overly abused to the point where doctors might start killing patients without their consent. Whereas some experts are convinced that just improving palliative care would decrease the need for someone to want to end their life before it happened naturally.

When it comes to the topic of, should physician-assisted suicide be legal in every state, most of us will readily agree that it should be up to a terminally ill person to make that decision. Whereas some are convinced that it is inhumane, others maintain that it is a person’s decision to end their own life. I agree that physician-assisted suicide should be legal in every state because in most cases, people that are terminally ill should have the right to end their own life with the assistance of a physician.

When is it time for people to let go and choose death? It’s a situation in which many people say that you will know when you’re ready, but will that assurance come with the help of a lethal dose given by a physician? Many argue that physician assisted suicide is morally wrong because it goes against the Hippocratic Oath, and if it were to be legalized it would bring societal approval over something that is already seen as wrong even more so with a physicians help. What are the pros to physician assisted suicide? People’s misery is ended with dignity, no more sorrow nor pain will be seen on them. Everyone has the right to die but further more everyone should the right to a Good death. Although many people see physician assisted suicide as wrong there are many benefits from it and that it why it should be legalized.

A woman is thrashing in bed and crying from the pain her illness is causing her to feel. Her family rushes to find a nurse nearby to administer pain relieving medication. A nurse comes by to give palliative care to the woman that’s in agony. However, the strongest medication that’s at hand cannot relieve the pain without overdosing the patient. The terminally ill patient now has to live with intractable pain for the remaining days of her life. Physician Assisted Death is sometimes necessary in case state-of-the-art palliative care no longer works on the cancer patient. Terminal patients should have the option to control the circumstances surrounding their inevitable deaths with Physician Assisted Death to treat the pain.

There is also debate as to whether or not non-participating states should make legislation to legalize this life ending option. Those who are against legalization of physician assisted death often present with the arguments that legalization will lead to abuse of the practice and consequently harsh treatments of our nation’s sickest patients. They also argue that it is an unethical practice in which mortals are “playing God” and determining where the line between life and death is. This group also establishes that physician assisted death is a violation of the Hippocratic Oath in which doctors vow to “do no harm” to their patients. Additionally, they maintain the argument that all human lives have value from the time of conception until natural death and allowing physician assisted death would be a premature limitation of an individual’s life. The opposition, however, says that physician assisted death is a dignified treatment for hopeless patients whose only alternative treatment is prolonged suffering until death. Additionally, they argue that allowing doctors to participate in physician assisted death upholds the Hippocratic Oath because forcing a patient to endure undue suffering against their will is in fact doing harm. Also, a major argument states

Worldwide controversy surrounds the physician-assisted suicide. Some countries have already adopted a policy that protects physicians who assist people into committing suicide through lethal doses of medication such as in the Dutch government. Many people believe that physician-assisted suicide should be legalized on the basis of mercy. Others oppose to such legalization; they argue that by decriminalizing euthanasia, vulnerable population (the mentally ill, those with physical disabilities, and the elderly) may be at risk of abuse (Weiss & Lonnquist, 2009).

For the many people who feel that they should have a choice in whether they should stay alive, so many reasons why they want to legalize it. Majority of people don't want to suffer from their illness or they fear of dying alone. Some also fear being a burden on their family or friends or even losing their own autonomy. A physician has the hardest job working with these patients, he is asked to help a patient into death with medicine. There most responsible for proving that they qualify for an assisted death as well the prescribing process and giving them the lethal dose of medicine. On the other side of the field, those against physician assisted believe it goes against their belief and faith in their religion. Surprisingly many others think

"Physician assisted-suicide," "Euthanasia"-call it what you may. This is one of the most emotionally debated subjects effecting our lives today. Generally people in the community are either all for the legalization of physician assisted-suicide or totally against it. There are no laws in the United States making it is illegal to take one's own life. In fact, people all around the world take their own lives on a daily basis either purposely or accidentally. Are you for it or against it? Let me give you an example of why I am wholeheartedly all for physician assisted suicide. My 30 year old brother had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatitis. The doctors stated there is no cure, but could try chemo and radiation therapy to extend his life. My brother was a hard-working, compassionate and free-spirited man. Tom would give the shirt off his back and would pull over to the side of the road to help a complete stranger if they needed it. My brother was very stubborn, so it was no surprise that he opted

Those who are in favor of physician-assisted suicide attribute utilitarian theory to justify the act. In the context of physician-assisted suicide, the doctor takes the decision for termination of patient’s life with the intention of ending suffering and pain. It can be concluded that the physician aimed to minimize pain and maximize pleasure. An ethical theorist stated that “physician-assisted suicide is the right choice to provide relief not only to the sufferings of terminally ill patients but those family members who are also on a suffering spree and yet there is no hope for the recovery” (Snyder, 2017). Moreover, they believe that one is a proprietor of his life and enjoys a prerogative to end his life if his life becomes a burden on him. In addition, patients suffering from terminal diseases such as cancer last stage go through peak emotional and physical pain. Some of these patients request for options that end their lives with the minimal suffering as they want to escape from unbearable

First off, physician assisted death should be legalized because it should only be the doctors and patient’s decision. However, I do believe assisted death should be legal but only if a doctor agrees that the extent of illness is not curable and that the person is in a strong

Today, voluntary euthanasia is getting closer to being legalized in more than just one state in the United States. “‘Voluntary’ euthanasia means that the act of putting the person to death is the end result of the person’s own free will” (Bender 19). “ Voluntary euthanasia is an area worthy of our serious consideration, since it would allow patients who have exhausted all other reasonable options to choose death rather than continue suffering” (Bender 19). The question of whether or not voluntary euthanasia should be legalized is a major debate that has been around for years. Because the issue of whether people should have the right to choose how they want to live or die is so complex. With the advances in technology today we have made

Euthanasia should not be an option for patients to end their lives because euthanasia is not morally justified, and corrupts, while contradicting the point of medicine. Euthanasia also should not be used because euthanasia itself puts to much focus on suicidal drugs and not enough on finding better treatment plans for patients. In January 1991, a Gallup Poll was taken of the broad acceptance of assisted suicide in which 58% of people agreed that a person has the “moral right” to end his or her life when he or she has a disease that in incurable (Somerville, Margaret). How can this act be morally right if it is not morally justified? Do you think doctors by law should be allowed to end a patients life if the