Terminal illness

Death is an unwanted action where one’s soul moves on from the world. No one gets to pick how it happens, it just comes. One of the ways individuals can encounter death is terminal illness, more specifically, terminal illness in children. Presented in our reading are many viewpoints about children with terminal illness. The three biggest viewpoints are the five stages of death, the eight strategies to help surviving children grieve well, and the ability of the child to pick an individual to communicate

diagnosed with a terminal illness then, if not devastating enough, raises the bar even higher, since one will be painfully aware of how the life they once knew will be taken from them slowly each day. Eventually, there may be nothing to look forward to as this disease robs them of who they once were. It is unjust to allow these adults to become nostalgics of their past life as they suffer through their new one, therefore assisted suicide should be offered to the patients with terminal and incurable

Imagine someone you love with, but with a terminal illness such as cancer. The chemotherapy drugs are terrible to the human body and to the mind. Your loved one is suffering daily. Physician Assisted Suicide is rather new alternative for people who have less than six months and who are suffering from a terminal illness (Barone). Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) is the act of assisting people with their death in order to end their suffering, but without controlling legal activity (Physician). PAS

Physician-assisted death (or PAD) is when a person that does not want to live due to a terminal and painful illness asks for help from a physician or doctor in taking their own life. Like PAD, euthanasia is when a person who is suffering from a terminal illness is allowed to die with dignity through the administration of a lethal dose of medicine, usually by a physician. Euthanasia differs from PAD in that the person suffering may or may not be able to let other people know that they want to have

physician assisted suicide approval, but all follow the generic rule that one must have the mental capability to communicate their own decisions regarding their terminal illness (How to Access and Use Death with Dignity Laws 2016). I question how one can truly make such a decision for themselves if they are in pain from their terminal illness. In California they have the rule that one must submit two oral requests, each fifteen days apart, and a written request to the attending physician (Physician-Assisted

some preconceived right to choose whether or not they seek death in the case of a terminal illness. This choice to hasten our death for much of the world is not truly ours to make, with adversaries of assisted-suicide opposing the legalization of such acts, we are forcing beliefs onto others who prefer to pass at a time of their own choosing, and not be faced with the undignified process of dying caused by their illness. Who our “we” to make choices and hold the same standards for everyone, shouldn’t

who they marry and whichever career they desire to follow, how can they not be obliged to additionally choose a peaceful death? A possible solution to this issue includes the legalization of PAS, to completely allow any patient- suffering from a terminal disease- to choose if they want to euthanize themselves as a pleasant alternative, versus the suffering of a slow, painful death. How can it be so obtuse to think that euthanizing a human- ending a person’s suffering mercifully- when it should be

euthanasia are not reported (Current Oncology 2011). Euthanasia is for the most part illegal across the United States, despite this, there are still cases in which doctors aid a patient in dying. If a human cannot physically bear living anymore due to terminal illnesses or significant pain they should not be forced to suffer. When looking at legalizing euthanasia we should closely look at autonomy, the physician’s oath, and the argument from mercy. First, when arguing for active euthanasia we can look

Primum non nocere; this is the original Latin phrase meaning “Above all, do no harm” (Smith). Providing patients with information about a terminal illness can make one feel pain and give them nothing to set as a goal or look forward to. In ethics, it may not be the moral thing to do, but lying when the benefits outweigh the harmful consequences, it may be immoral not to lie. An example of this is putting a human’s life in danger. “The principle must be understood to mean that the doctor should strive

One of the most burdensome aspects of working in the medical field, specifically as a nurse, is the loss of a patient. Similarly, watching a patient who has been diagnosed with a terminal disease struggle with their upcoming death is wearisome. Suffering in the hospital, their life is not of quality and their family is watching them struggle. Highly debated, physician assisted suicide has been named one of the options for terminally ill patients. Physician assisted suicide occurs when a terminally