Euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, is the painless killing of a person suffering a painful terminal disease or coma. There are many controversies associated with euthanasia and its background. Though some consider euthanasia and assisted suicide two different things, they share the same goals. The goal is to cause a painless death to individuals by request. Euthanasia has many positive meanings to it. Many individuals do not see the upside to this topic. Euthanasia should be considered legal, it supports human rights in a variety of ways, and individuals should understanding the perspective of euthanasia in the stand point of a terminally ill patient. There are many controversies concerning the decision of whether euthanasia should be
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When a patient undergoes euthanasia, they receive the highest level of respect possible. There are two levels in which respect for human life must be preserved. One way is respect for each individual human life. Each individual is different in every way. No human is the same. Many individuals have different beliefs and feelings towards different aspects in life. The second level is respect for human life as a whole. Human life is special and should be treated in such a way that the individual feels loved. During euthanasia, respect for autonomy is very fundamental. Autonomy the right or condition of self-government. In J. Donald Boudreau’s scholarly journal, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Physician’s and Ethicist’s Perspectives, he expresses that “The belief that one’s right to die at the time, place, and in the conditions of one’s choosing is based on the conviction that one owns one’s body and one can do with it as one pleases” (Boudreau 5). As a physician or healthcare provider, it has to be understood that an individual has the decision to state if he or she wants to go through the process of euthanasia. No one can force an individual to obtain …show more content…
Some may say that it is “intentionally taking a human’s life” or “it introduces an unacceptable potential for miscommunication within the doctor-patient relationship.” Even though these opinions may be valid to some, individuals who experience a painful disease says otherwise. When asked, a young woman with chronic obstructive lung disease said, “I myself want to be in control as long as I can, don’t want doctors and nurses controlling me (…) I’m on morphine, I get a lot of breakthrough pain, when I get the pitch where I really can’t cope with anything anymore, where my quality of life is totally gone, I will tell my husband I want a really good day out with my kids which is when he’ll know that when I go to bed that night I won’t wake up the next morning” (Chapple 707). People who oppose to the practice of euthanasia may not understand the pain and suffering that an individual may go through. Some may not understand the emotions and psychological mentality of the patient with the disease. Individuals may pick this way to go because there may be nothing else to do treatment wise. In the same interview, the young lady also stated that, “Sometimes I am in that much pain that all I want to do is put myself to sleep by I can’t sleep because the pain keeps me awake…It would be a comfort to me to think that when I’ve come to a point where I’m clearly dying, you know there is no further treatment available for me” (Chapple
When a patient undergoes euthanasia, they receive the highest level of respect possible. There are two levels in which respect for human life must be preserved. One way is respect for each individual human life. Each individual is different in every way. No human is the same. Many individuals have different beliefs and feelings towards different aspects in life. The second level is respect for human life as a whole. Human life is special and should be treated in such a way that the individual feels loved. During euthanasia, respect for autonomy is very fundamental. Autonomy the right or condition of self-government. In J. Donald Boudreau’s scholarly journal, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Physician’s and Ethicist’s Perspectives, he expresses that “The belief that one’s right to die at the time, place, and in the conditions of one’s choosing is based on the conviction that one owns one’s body and one can do with it as one pleases” (Boudreau 5). As a physician or healthcare provider, it has to be understood that an individual has the decision to state if he or she wants to go through the process of euthanasia. No one can force an individual to obtain …show more content…
Some may say that it is “intentionally taking a human’s life” or “it introduces an unacceptable potential for miscommunication within the doctor-patient relationship.” Even though these opinions may be valid to some, individuals who experience a painful disease says otherwise. When asked, a young woman with chronic obstructive lung disease said, “I myself want to be in control as long as I can, don’t want doctors and nurses controlling me (…) I’m on morphine, I get a lot of breakthrough pain, when I get the pitch where I really can’t cope with anything anymore, where my quality of life is totally gone, I will tell my husband I want a really good day out with my kids which is when he’ll know that when I go to bed that night I won’t wake up the next morning” (Chapple 707). People who oppose to the practice of euthanasia may not understand the pain and suffering that an individual may go through. Some may not understand the emotions and psychological mentality of the patient with the disease. Individuals may pick this way to go because there may be nothing else to do treatment wise. In the same interview, the young lady also stated that, “Sometimes I am in that much pain that all I want to do is put myself to sleep by I can’t sleep because the pain keeps me awake…It would be a comfort to me to think that when I’ve come to a point where I’m clearly dying, you know there is no further treatment available for me” (Chapple