Another way in which PAD is unsuccessful would be due to the amount of people that actually use it. Most people that have the option and request lethal doses of drugs do not actually take them, just knowing that they have it there is comforting to them. “Terminally ill patients are not as interested in accelerating death as they are in knowing that there is an option to a peaceful and humane death should all other efforts to relieve this suffering fail.” (“Aid 21”) The motive for Physician Assisted Death is not always to relieve suffering. In many cases, people prefered PAD over any other treatment due to things such as financial issues or not wanting to be a burden to their families. Hale states:
According to Oregon’s public health department, …show more content…
Insufficient palliative care can have a lot to do with whether or not someone wants to stay on this earth any longer. If the treatments being provided are not working or the people around these patients such as the nurses and doctors are not treating them right, then this would push them closer to PAD in hopes of ending their lives the way they want to. The biggest flaw in the healthcare system would be the price. “Yet many lower-income residents in Oregon might qualify for assisted-death drugs, but not qualify for basic treatments or even hospice care under medicaid. To say to someone, ‘we’ll pay for you to die, but not pay for you to live,’ it's cruel.” (Hale) Numerous patients suffer with financial issues and cannot afford the treatment necessary for their end of life care. This is another thing that causes them to lead more towards Assisted Death because they do not want to bring their debt onto their families and burden …show more content…
According to Roland Halpern, “Improving end of life care might reduce the number of people who use aid in dying laws, but it would never totally eliminate the need.” Sometimes the symptoms that the patients experience are too strong to be managed. Even if the doctor wore to up the dosage of medication, there is a good chance that it will have some bad side effects and impair the function of one's brain and body. “There are a small percentage of people who do not benefit from palliative care or palliative sedation in fact, one study reported 17% of those receiving palliative care could not have all of their symptoms managed.” (Halpern) There is also the 83 percent that can have their symptoms managed through palliative care and for these patients, it may be better than just taking a dosage of medication to end suffering. The treatment varies upon the severity of the disease and illness and according to the patient and their tolerance for pain. For some, improvements of end of life care can make a huge difference on their decision. There are people that suffer more than others and for those who do not have a disease that causes intolerable pain that cannot be managed, improvement in end of life care would make the use of PAD unnecessary for them. “What is needed is assistance to the dying that protects their fears in the form of more and better palliative and hospice care-not assisted dying in the form of
According to Oregon’s public health department, …show more content…
Insufficient palliative care can have a lot to do with whether or not someone wants to stay on this earth any longer. If the treatments being provided are not working or the people around these patients such as the nurses and doctors are not treating them right, then this would push them closer to PAD in hopes of ending their lives the way they want to. The biggest flaw in the healthcare system would be the price. “Yet many lower-income residents in Oregon might qualify for assisted-death drugs, but not qualify for basic treatments or even hospice care under medicaid. To say to someone, ‘we’ll pay for you to die, but not pay for you to live,’ it's cruel.” (Hale) Numerous patients suffer with financial issues and cannot afford the treatment necessary for their end of life care. This is another thing that causes them to lead more towards Assisted Death because they do not want to bring their debt onto their families and burden …show more content…
According to Roland Halpern, “Improving end of life care might reduce the number of people who use aid in dying laws, but it would never totally eliminate the need.” Sometimes the symptoms that the patients experience are too strong to be managed. Even if the doctor wore to up the dosage of medication, there is a good chance that it will have some bad side effects and impair the function of one's brain and body. “There are a small percentage of people who do not benefit from palliative care or palliative sedation in fact, one study reported 17% of those receiving palliative care could not have all of their symptoms managed.” (Halpern) There is also the 83 percent that can have their symptoms managed through palliative care and for these patients, it may be better than just taking a dosage of medication to end suffering. The treatment varies upon the severity of the disease and illness and according to the patient and their tolerance for pain. For some, improvements of end of life care can make a huge difference on their decision. There are people that suffer more than others and for those who do not have a disease that causes intolerable pain that cannot be managed, improvement in end of life care would make the use of PAD unnecessary for them. “What is needed is assistance to the dying that protects their fears in the form of more and better palliative and hospice care-not assisted dying in the form of