Why Is Euthanasia Wrong

I do not necessarily find anything wrong with euthanasia. I do feel that it is a necessary in the medical filed even if others do not. I was a Home Health Aide for eight years and spent the first four years doing hospice cases. Hospice is a program where assistance comes in, but we are not there to improve or maintain the consumer’s health. Their health is declining and there is nothing medically that a physician can do. At this stage of life, medical staff is present to make the consumer as comfortable as possible until they pass. Hospice is a type of care that I never wanted to do, but in doing it I learned that many people who were still living did not want to. Many consumers could tell that their health was declining and the ones that were not aware were usually in pain or misery. I have had multiple conversations where I have been told …show more content…
I do feel that consumers who may not have a chance at living a quality filled life, that they should be allowed to decide how and when they will go. On a personal note, I had a cousin who was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy at the age of three. This meant that his life expectancy ranged from age twelve to fourteen. He lived to see fifteen but by then his health had declined rapidly. My cousin, Prince, had flat-lined and his brain went without oxygen for seven minutes. It is because we did not have a DNR in place, that medical staff were responsible for maintaining life. They did bring him back, but the state that he was in after was heartbreaking. He no longer spoke and we are still not sure if he recognized any of us anymore. He lived a week longer before he ended his time with us. It was so painful to see him in such a state that I wished he had a DNR in place. I know he was ready to go because we had spoken about it. He said that he was waiting for his mother to accept that he was ready to go. Sorry, getting