Physician Assisted Death Argumentative Essay

Many people are diagnosed with terminal illnesses every year. These medical conditions are very hard for the patient who is suffering from such extreme medical conditions and it is also very hard for the families of the patients because they know there will come a point in life where the medical condition will end their loved ones life. Patients who are faced with terminal illnesses are aware that there is only so many medical treatments, medications, and surgical procedures that can be done by medical professionals in an attempt to keep them alive for as long as possible. In the case of Cody Curtis who was a 54 year old women who was suffering from liver cancer, she goes through a long process of treatments to try to help her cope and recover from her cancer. She underwent several surgeries to try to ease her pain and suffering but, even with all the attempts and treatments, she was told she ultimately had six months to live. With this news, being presented to her she decided she would seek to attain the lethal doses of medication to end her life if she chose to follow through with that option. …show more content…
In the other hand, for the most part doctors are often thought of to be justified in withdrawing life support. This draws to a conclusion that attempts to prove that removing life support as well as physician assisted death are not forms of killing a person. Voluntary active euthanasia is in fact seen as a form of killing so it must be an unjustified cause of death for a patient. Brock argues that there are some circumstances where not all killings are unjustified. The only occasion or exception to his argument of unjustified death is that a death is unjustified is if the patient greatly values something such as their future, and it is ended