Assisted suicide, death with dignity, and mercy killing are just a few names for what many people see as the least painful way to leave the world. Assisted suicide has recently become one of the most talked about issues of the times. With so many people starting to use assisted suicide as a way to end their pain in their own matter, it would be a good idea to take a deeper look into the issue. This analysis of assisted suicide will include personal stories on how assisted suicide as effected two different people, it will analyze Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act along and how the six step process for ethical decision making helps with how recipients are chosen to be given he medication, who the death with dignity act primarily effect, and the
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According to CQ Researcher AMA rejects death with dignity because it goes against the AMA code of ethics. The AMA states that: “Physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physicians role as a healer…” (Karaim, 2013, p. 456). Even though the AMA does not support physicians helping patients end their life, they do however support the removal of life sustaining machines in the end stages of life if the patient indicates that as his or her preference. The life sustaining machines include, but are not limited to, ventilators and respirators that keep the patient alive essentially. The AMA supports the removal of such devices because it allows the patient to take up the risk of dying that is part of the illness they have. The reason the AMA supports such actions, but they do not support assisted suicide is because when a doctor removes the breathing apparatus, he or she are not removing the devices with specific intent to kill the patient (Karaim, 2013, p. 457). Even though the American Medical Association does not support assisted suicide, some bioethicists believe that medical care needs to include and recognize that death is inevitable and physicians need to respect a patients wish at the end if their life. (Karaim, 2013, p.
According to CQ Researcher AMA rejects death with dignity because it goes against the AMA code of ethics. The AMA states that: “Physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physicians role as a healer…” (Karaim, 2013, p. 456). Even though the AMA does not support physicians helping patients end their life, they do however support the removal of life sustaining machines in the end stages of life if the patient indicates that as his or her preference. The life sustaining machines include, but are not limited to, ventilators and respirators that keep the patient alive essentially. The AMA supports the removal of such devices because it allows the patient to take up the risk of dying that is part of the illness they have. The reason the AMA supports such actions, but they do not support assisted suicide is because when a doctor removes the breathing apparatus, he or she are not removing the devices with specific intent to kill the patient (Karaim, 2013, p. 457). Even though the American Medical Association does not support assisted suicide, some bioethicists believe that medical care needs to include and recognize that death is inevitable and physicians need to respect a patients wish at the end if their life. (Karaim, 2013, p.