Death and dying is something that is going to impact us all during some point in our lives. Just as the way we will all dies varies, so does the grieving and mourning process that our friends and family experience afterward. After researching several topics about death and dying what I found to be the most interesting for me was assisted suicide. I was surprised to see how many people were willing to take their own lives, as well as how many people that were will to assist these people in doing so.
According to Berger (2016), the main reasons that people decide they no longer want to live, involve the loss of independence and dignity. They find it extremely hard to deal with such a change in their “normal” lives, that it becomes unbearable. After watching the episode of “The Suicide Plan” by Navasky and O’Connor (2012) that aired on PBS, I began to understand why some would have the feelings that they had had enough of their present circumstances, and wanted to leave this world peacefully. For many that have seen the pain and suffering of family and friends with terminal illnesses, living through the pain and agony associated with these illness is not something they want to live through. …show more content…
I found that there are several states here in the U.S. that allow this type of support. The states that currently allow physician assisted suicide in the U.S. are New Mexico, Oregon, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Many of these patients have been diagnosed as terminally ill and know that they do not have much time left. The hopes for many that decide to end their lives with dignity is to leave peacefully without going through the pain and suffering that often happens during the last weeks and months of a terminally ill patient’s
According to Berger (2016), the main reasons that people decide they no longer want to live, involve the loss of independence and dignity. They find it extremely hard to deal with such a change in their “normal” lives, that it becomes unbearable. After watching the episode of “The Suicide Plan” by Navasky and O’Connor (2012) that aired on PBS, I began to understand why some would have the feelings that they had had enough of their present circumstances, and wanted to leave this world peacefully. For many that have seen the pain and suffering of family and friends with terminal illnesses, living through the pain and agony associated with these illness is not something they want to live through. …show more content…
I found that there are several states here in the U.S. that allow this type of support. The states that currently allow physician assisted suicide in the U.S. are New Mexico, Oregon, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Many of these patients have been diagnosed as terminally ill and know that they do not have much time left. The hopes for many that decide to end their lives with dignity is to leave peacefully without going through the pain and suffering that often happens during the last weeks and months of a terminally ill patient’s