Euthanasia And Physician Assisted Suicide

Legalise euthanasia will ultimately undermine doctor-patient relationship. Euthanasia is basically giving doctors the right to kill their patients. ‘It’s not up to the doctors whether life is happy or unhappy, worthwhile or not and

Another argument for euthanasia is justice. Justice says that we must respect one's decisions and rights. Not letting someone who is terminally ill and suffering is not doing them justice. If there were someone I knew who was terminally ill, I would not want to see them suffer. Supporting their decision of dying with dignity would be my duty. My father would not allow me to visit my ill grandfather in the hospital. He wanted me to remember him how he was, not the sick man in the bed. We have a duty to do them justice in what they want.

Fundamentally, euthanasia ensures that a person's liberty is respected as forcing another to suffer against their will, goes against the very premise of 'thou shall do no harm'. Euthanasia allows a person to choose to end their life with dignity and provides the opportunity to bring closure to themselves and those they love. In reality euthanasia and assisted suicide would ensure health care resources are used to benefit patients with a positive prognosis, and in an already underfunded system, this should be

There are three types of euthanasia which are active, passive, and assisted suicide. Active euthanasia is when the patient receives a painless injection or pill that will

Euthanasia is a practice that should be allowed because only the patient that is diagnosed with a terminal disease knows how they really feel. Some people can make their own decisions to take their own lives and die with dignity. However, other people are in a comma or are in bed for years without any hope to recuperate. In that case, there is no reason to let them suffer; most of the time, the family suffers more to see their loved ones suffering than to pull the plug on the them. The euthanasia will help shorten the grieving process and end suffering of their loved ones, so that the victim can rest in peace.

Euthanasia is necessary for people who have had enough suffering and have been in pain for too long. One may feel like they are done with putting up with the anguish and feel that their life is over. Many people consider turning toward euthanasia because they feel as though they have fulfilled their life and lived it to the fullest. In the Netherlands, a petition for physician assisted suicide received over 100,000 signatures by people over the age of 70 who believed that their lives were complete and they wanted to die.(Margaret Somerville). Euthanasia ends the unnecessary suffering that people are constantly put through by their disease daily. It ends one’s misery and allows them to die in peace on one’s own terms. As previously stated, euthanasia is not about wanting to die, it is about not wanting to live with unbearable pain at all hours of the day and constantly having treatment after treatment that does not seem to be working. Euthanasia helps to end suffering by administering a lethal dose of drugs prescribed by a physician or doctor. Euthanasia is a peaceful way to die. One can be euthanized in a calm setting with their friends and family all around to say goodbye. There is no waiting for the dreaded day of death that no one can see coming, with euthanasia, one can decide when they want to go and how they will die. It provides a sense of

Think of yourself having been in an accident, now in critical condition. You would be unable to move, Unable to speak, unable to even feed yourself. Then your body would slowly decay. You would essentially, be a mummy with a heartbeat, Instead of that, wouldn’t you just want to have a painless death and do one last thing with dignity before you lose the last shred of it. Euthanasia does just that. Now you may be wondering what is Euthanasia. Euthanasia is called “the right to die and killing for reasons of mercy. Euthanasia hastens death to those who already approach it. It is mostly performed by use of a lethal injection; it is painless and swift as opposed to long and painful. That is why Euthanasia should be legalised in the U.S.

Lastly, it's very hard to see someone you're very close to die, very sick looking. When someone passes away you want to remember them at their best. Remembering them lively, happy and talkative. Euthanasia can put people out of their pain and make it a better way to remember them. Gale from Michigan ELibrary says, “It relieves the emotional stress on the patient's family, this argument was used by a father who killed his 12 year old daughter with carbon monoxide poisoning in 1993. The father claimed that his daughters cerebral palsy was painful and that he killed her out of

Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from a terminal illness. When most people bring upon this subject it opens a very broad debate. It could easily be seen in both a negative way and positive way. Some people see it as more of murder and morally incorrect, but some view it as a way to keep someone from suffering until their death. There are ways to cure colds, fevers, broken bones, etc. but for those who are terminally ill, have to live in pain and agony knowing it won’t get better. Despite plentiful hard evidence to the contrary, the same way we have the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, we should have to right to death. Also, government shouldn’t be able to define our end-of-life decisions, or our bodily choices. Lastly, keeping the patient alive costs more money and emotional distress than to keep them suffering with no hope of getting better.

In present society Euthanasia is a very controversial topic and must be addressed carefully and thoughtfully out of the respect of others. It is a topic that for those who are undecided on what side to pick really do not know which way to swing until it impacts their life. Euthanasia roughly translates into “a good death”, so for those who chose to end their life by their own decision, and without them having to deal with pain or the inevitable long incurable diseases, then they should be allowed to do so with ease.

Death and dying is inevitable. At some point every living person, thing, or creature will meet the last day of life due to regular or unusual circumstances, but now ethically the topic of death has changed by the introduction of euthanasia. According to The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, euthanasia is the act of putting a person to death painlessly, or allowing a person to die by withholding medical treatment in cases of incurable and usually painful disease.1 Otherwise in a more basic terminology, euthanasia is loosely defined as the merciful killing of the hopelessly or terminally ill. There are many different ways for a patient to be euthanized and many different feelings towards the matter.

The choice of euthanasia, active or non-voluntary, should be given to a suffering patient and family because it should be their own right to end their lives. It is cruel and inhumane to keep terminally ill patients alive against their will. (Reasons for Euthanasia, 2001) This is proper because it ends the patient and family suffering from the consequences of the disease. The patient could be a burden to the family because the patient is not independent. The lack of independence and the feeling of being a burden could cause the patient to become depressed which only adds to the suffering. The way to improve the situation is by taking control of their lives by choosing euthanasia. Many hours would be put into a decision to choose euthanasia. (Pankratz, 2010) This is necessary to prevent unneeded death from happening from an incorrect diagnosis or prognosis. A terminal illness is tested several times before and after informing

Euthanasia is the action of terminating the life of a suffering human, with the assistance of a qualified doctor. It ends the life of someone whose quality of life is low, or involves an extreme amount of pain. Therefore euthanasia is halting the suffering in a humane, dignified way. Death is a very private matter and is something dealt with differently among all people. Many aspects go into making a final decision such as finances, morals, religion, law, and family. These aspects can be used as a pro, but as a con also. Overall, euthanasia should be legal and ultimately be the decision of the patient whether to consent to this action because it is the right of every human to decide for themself whether to die peacefully or live potentially suffering.

Another important question that is repeatedly debated about with euthanasia is does it devalue human life? When putting the arguments for the affirmative and the negative side by side, one would see that euthanasia does in fact devalue life. It deteriorates society’s respect for life because people could in theory pretend to be extremely sick and then have a doctor legally kill them. With the acceptance of euthanasia, society also accepts that some lives, as in those who would be candidates for euthanasia, are values less so than others, or the healthy and strong people in the world. As said earlier, there are two types of euthanasia; involuntary and voluntary. With the acceptance of voluntary euthanasia, there would be a slippery slope that would undoubtedly lead to involuntary euthanasia and the slaying of people who are considered to be objectionable. Then there is also the true thought that euthanasia may not actually be in the patient’s best interests. The patient could ask for euthanasia too prematurely, and if they are killed and the doctor realizes something could have been done, the blame would be placed on that doctor.

The problem today with euthanasia is there are so many people suffering who don't need to be suffering. Euthanasia could stop the suffering of innocent people who have strokes, Alzheimer’s disease, and other dementias, cancers, and anyone who is terminally ill or brain dead. People always say every life is worth fighting for, but why make these people suffer when they have no fight left in them? When they don't know why they’re living anymore (Schofield, 1988)? For instance, people diagnosed with