Assisted suicide
Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza was convicted of murder of 300 people by the use of euthanasia to “free-up” hospital beds. This was the hot topic in Brazil, and sure it happened far away, but who's to say that it won't happen here, what's stopping them? The use of Euthanasia should have more restricting regulations placed upon it. The patient should not be able to take home the prescribed drug that will be used to end their life, and the patient should be required to go to counseling for 5 sessions at the least. If assisted suicide does not have more regulations placed on it consequently, people will start to abuse the laws put in place, by providing the drug to another person, by using the drug as a tactic for murder, and other …show more content…
So regulations were put in place to control who can and can’t apply for euthanasia. One of the regulation that was placed under the Death with dignity act is two doctors must be convinced that the patient is sincere before being prescribed the medication (Jeffrey Wilson, 3). Although some people, like Dr. Kevorkian, don't always abide by the rules put in place by the government. Dr. Kevorkian, who was believed to assist more than 130 patients in death, was convicted of murder many times, and put in jail more than once (Jack Kevorkian, Jeffrey Wilson). While Dr. Kevorkian was still working, Michigan passed a law that said that is is a felony to provide a person with the means to commit suicide or assist them in doing so knowingly. Dr. Kevorkian was very persistent in the rights of assisted suicide whether they are there or not. People have a right to choose death rather than life, however in the case of euthanasia the reasons for a person to make a request for euthanasia are reasons that can drive them into depression, fear, or many other mentally unstable problems. Many people could easily decide death instead of life out of depressions or fear. Stricter regulations need to be put in where euthanasia is …show more content…
It would be very easy for someone to mistake acting for sincerity. That's why a person with a degree should be in charge of determining this. A doctor's judgment could be swayed by his motives, which may be utter sincerity, but it could also go the other way and be greed or excitement. There have been instances, like doctors killing hundreds to “free-up” hospital beds, that prove this to be the case. By being required to have at least 5 counseling sessions would help the patients to separate the fear and depression and really understand whether they want to end their life or not. Even though there are regulations put in place to help eliminate these type of confusions it's not enough. Doctors don't normally have a degree in counseling therefore they should not be able to decide whether a person is sincere or not, that is a counselor's
Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza was convicted of murder of 300 people by the use of euthanasia to “free-up” hospital beds. This was the hot topic in Brazil, and sure it happened far away, but who's to say that it won't happen here, what's stopping them? The use of Euthanasia should have more restricting regulations placed upon it. The patient should not be able to take home the prescribed drug that will be used to end their life, and the patient should be required to go to counseling for 5 sessions at the least. If assisted suicide does not have more regulations placed on it consequently, people will start to abuse the laws put in place, by providing the drug to another person, by using the drug as a tactic for murder, and other …show more content…
So regulations were put in place to control who can and can’t apply for euthanasia. One of the regulation that was placed under the Death with dignity act is two doctors must be convinced that the patient is sincere before being prescribed the medication (Jeffrey Wilson, 3). Although some people, like Dr. Kevorkian, don't always abide by the rules put in place by the government. Dr. Kevorkian, who was believed to assist more than 130 patients in death, was convicted of murder many times, and put in jail more than once (Jack Kevorkian, Jeffrey Wilson). While Dr. Kevorkian was still working, Michigan passed a law that said that is is a felony to provide a person with the means to commit suicide or assist them in doing so knowingly. Dr. Kevorkian was very persistent in the rights of assisted suicide whether they are there or not. People have a right to choose death rather than life, however in the case of euthanasia the reasons for a person to make a request for euthanasia are reasons that can drive them into depression, fear, or many other mentally unstable problems. Many people could easily decide death instead of life out of depressions or fear. Stricter regulations need to be put in where euthanasia is …show more content…
It would be very easy for someone to mistake acting for sincerity. That's why a person with a degree should be in charge of determining this. A doctor's judgment could be swayed by his motives, which may be utter sincerity, but it could also go the other way and be greed or excitement. There have been instances, like doctors killing hundreds to “free-up” hospital beds, that prove this to be the case. By being required to have at least 5 counseling sessions would help the patients to separate the fear and depression and really understand whether they want to end their life or not. Even though there are regulations put in place to help eliminate these type of confusions it's not enough. Doctors don't normally have a degree in counseling therefore they should not be able to decide whether a person is sincere or not, that is a counselor's