Assisted Death can be seen as a controversial subject because it begs the question of what is death and how valuable life is. Death is seen as a taboo subject because no living person officially knows what occurs or what it actually is. The only common outlook on death is that everyone will eventually die. With this misconstrued idea of death, the topic of assisted death becomes confusing. Religion, perspective and circumstances shape my view towards assisted death. With each assisted death, I agree the most with active voluntary euthanasia and voluntary euthanasia because the patient makes the choice towards their own life and they are able to avoid the torture of pain or sickness that is caused by with-held medical treatments. That procedure
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The combination of diabetes and partial paralyzation is most likely wearing on her mental and emotional state. The Supreme Court 's decision to allow the woman to die by denying her food and medical aid is morally impermissible. In order to make it morally permissible, the nursing home should have a psychology counselor look over the woman to evaluate her decision of wanting to die. It is also morally impermissible because the denial of food and medical aid goes against her basic needs. The ultimate decision towards death should be left up to the patient. Due to her refusal of food, water, and insulin, her decision to die does not seem to be final. If death was something that she truly wanted it would have been asked for immediately. I agree with Justice Chris Kourakis who claims that the patient 's self-starvation is not considered suicide. The patient is not terminal so the nursing home should continue to provide her with basic necessities since her decision to die isn 't final. Her decision to starve may be a cry for help or a method of control. Since she can not control her illness on her own she may want a sense of control through her starvation. The denial of food and insulin will take time to take a toll on her body which will make her death process
The combination of diabetes and partial paralyzation is most likely wearing on her mental and emotional state. The Supreme Court 's decision to allow the woman to die by denying her food and medical aid is morally impermissible. In order to make it morally permissible, the nursing home should have a psychology counselor look over the woman to evaluate her decision of wanting to die. It is also morally impermissible because the denial of food and medical aid goes against her basic needs. The ultimate decision towards death should be left up to the patient. Due to her refusal of food, water, and insulin, her decision to die does not seem to be final. If death was something that she truly wanted it would have been asked for immediately. I agree with Justice Chris Kourakis who claims that the patient 's self-starvation is not considered suicide. The patient is not terminal so the nursing home should continue to provide her with basic necessities since her decision to die isn 't final. Her decision to starve may be a cry for help or a method of control. Since she can not control her illness on her own she may want a sense of control through her starvation. The denial of food and insulin will take time to take a toll on her body which will make her death process