Life And Death : Is The Base Of Human Values?

People are suffering from incurable debases or illness that can be very brutal to the patients end of life. When a patient is incurable and has the news that their end of life is extremely near, less than 6 months or in between. The patient might suffer longlines or sadness due to them having to leave behind everything they love, it’s very sad that they have to die but the pain makes and drives the patient to go with the death with dignity law that makes it easier for them to plan their death in a much better way without suffering any longer. While patients get a period of 15 days before they can proceed with the law the patient might suffering from emotional problems in between those last 15 days if they do not change their mind about the law. To provide less suffering and to give more freedom to that individual is all they are asking for. If only people could have more freedom and liberty as to decide when you get to

This is why treating the person with dignity and respect is vital in end of life care in case of an individual with dementia.

When we get older and when we deal with someone else who is nearing death we misunderstand what happens and how to understand the death process, we do not know what to expect and how to handle the process.

Death with dignity, is not only a legislation in some states that allow physician-assisted suicide, but it is also a term in how many want to pass into the next life. Patients who suffer with terminal illness, generally, die an ugly state. For example, when a patient become terminal, their system starts to shut down. This causes bodily functions to stop work, such as bowel excrement or uncontrolled urination. As a human, not being able to do daily tasks, such as using the toilet, can become humiliating. Additionally, if a patient has unbearable pain, the physician may increase their medication and put the patient in a sedated, unclear state. Death with dignity allows terminally ill patients to leave this Earth in an unaltered perception of who they really are. The patient’s family have to watch their family member suffer, and that alone, can be heartbreaking, as there is nothing they can do in terms of relieving their symptoms. With physician-assisted suicide, the family can have some relief in that their family member is not suffering any

Determining the value of one’s life is purely subjective and can only be done on an individual basis, therefore prohibiting terminal patients from considering a death with dignity is an unfair extension of pain and suffering. Physician assisted death should be regulated so that all qualifying patients will have the opportunity to die with dignity if they so wish.

Taking this option off the table for patients like my mother, the medical world is denying patients the ability to pass in peace and when they are truly ready to face the inevitable due to extreme circumstances. I support death with dignity, and hope that we all can one day elect to pass with dignity.

Let us take a second to truly understand dignity. Merriam Webster Dictionary defines dignity as, “the quality or state of being worthy, honored, and esteemed” as well as, “formal reserve for seriousness of manner, appearance, or language.” That being said, a dignified death, which would bring back a sense of power to a person otherwise without control of their life, should be done in a way that shows respect for one’s self.

Some people might blame the doctor as murderer when he/she performs Death with Dignity for terminally ill patients. Life is precious. If someone taking somebody’s life it could not be covered by any reason. This action should be called by a common word “murder”. However, they are wrong. Death with Dignity is not the same with murdering because the doctor does not take a life with malice. Moreover, when the patients can live a few more days, nothing positive is achieved by forcing them to suffer. Furthermore, doctors perform Death with Dignity by the patient’s request. They don’t tend to kill the patient for their own good. Therefore, Death with Dignity is not a crime. It is moral. It follows the patient’s will. A doctor’s responsibility is to use his/her skills in the best interests of the patients. When healing or comforting becomes useless, he/she could perform Death with Dignity as requested for their patient’s best interests.

Death, dying and other ethical dilemmas are issues that all Intensive Care Units (ICUs) throughout the world have to face and address. In the Current Opinion in Critical Care, Vol 16, No 6, December 2010, p. 640, Dixon-Woods and Bosk, writing on the topic of “Death, dying and other ethical dilemmas” under the journal’s section of ‘Ethical, legal and organizational issues in the ICU’, have stated that “Recent ethnographic work suggests that ethical dilemmas associated with end-of-life care in ICU clearly persist, even if clinicians are now more open about patients’ chances of surviving. An Australian study identified how decisions and actions made

Every individual has dignity. Even dignity in death. Death is not something anyone is ready for, but when it is inevitable, a person can prepare themselves to perish with their dignity still intact. People who become terminally ill, sometimes experience a sense of physical indignation. They become a total dependent on others. Occasionally, people also have an occurrence of emotional indignation. They become incensed with not only themselves but with others as well. Their needs reflect upon everyone else, resulting in the patient feeling

Death is not a topic that many people are comfortable with, some people believe it is outrageous for others to play God and decide when to end their lives. While this is true for people with normal pains, there are those who feel they have the right to choose their own fate because they cannot bear their pain and suffering anymore. These are people that are terminally ill, people who were diagnosed with a deadly disease without a cure and feel that death is the only way to relieve that pain. These people has gone through many treatments that are slowly becoming less and less effective. Even though the treatment isn’t working, the patients still have to live through the pain from the treatments. Terminally ill

The first aspect of this would be the patient’s physical pain and how they should have the right to die with dignity and in a humane way instead of suffering. It has been proven that end of life care is brutal and traumatic for many patients since they are forced to undergo long stretches of unnecessary treatments which only prolong their lives an extra month or two. But it’s not only the patients who agree that they

I want to acknowledge that a conversation about death is a conversation that makes many people uncomfortable and stirs strong emotions. Death is a very personal issue, but it is a guarantee that we are all going to die, and that we are all going to lose people we love. Death with dignity is a movement to provide more options for those who are dying. This conversation is growing in the United States, and throughout the world, as to whether a terminally ill adult has the legal right to receive aid in ending their life when they know they are going to die. The non-profit Death with Dignity National Center states: “the greatest human freedom is to live, and die, according to one’s own desires and beliefs”

In the United States today, the issue of life and death always tends to be one of the most heated and debated topics. Abortion tends to be the main topic of concern, but there is another issue that has been around for far longer, which is Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS). PAS is where the physician helps a person kill himself or herself by prescribing a lethal dose of one or more medications. During PAS, a physician hands over the medication to take, but does not administer it. PAS should not be confused with euthanization, which is where the doctor administers the medicine. Currently, three states, Oregon, Washington and Vermont have passed legislation that allows PAS. Every year 15-20 states attempt to introduce legalizing PAS

The “right-to-die” has been controversial for a long time and is continuously in debate. Some of the arguments in favor of laws allowing individuals to choose include - Anyone coming into hospital in an emergency has the option of a DNR (do not resuscitate). People who go into comas may leave living wills instructing doctors not to use any extreme life-saving measures (this includes feeding tubes). Perhaps dying with dignity is controversial b/c it seems like a more conscious choice. People can predetermine that they don’t want to live life as vegetables…but the general public has a hard time reconciling people who are still walking and talking making decisions to die. Why? Because they look healthy? Because they ‘appear’ to have life left in them? That is exactly what is being contested.