empathy and being shown that their values, choices, and needs are being taken care of. This is known as the quality way to end-of-life-care. This is a physician-assisted death; however, it differs from the term euthanasia. This meaning that medicine is given by a doctor, after a rigorous process, to a patient where the medication is self-administered at the time when a patient feels that it is necessary. The physician does not administer the medication; therefore, different from euthanasia. As Brussel explains, the laws behind the death with dignity act allows certain terminally-ill adults to voluntarily request and receive a prescription medication to hasten their death. “Oregon, Washington, and Vermont have current Death with Dignity laws.
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She was twenty-nine years old when she was diagnosed. Maynard was only given six months to live, and if she lived for six months she would beat the doctor’s odds. Due to her terminal illness, she suffered many different physical and emotional hardships. Her physical and cognitive functions began to decline and only worsen as the days went by. As her health started to only become worse, the seizures started to gravitate to more of an extreme and debilitating disease in their self. Due to how far her cancer had progressed, doctors told her there was nothing that they could do to help her and all of the procedures that were available would not help. Maynard had hardly any options and knew she did not want to die in the way that she was going to. While living in California, she decided to research and speak about moving to Oregon, which is one of the three sates that have the death with dignity law. This is where she decided to consume the medicine that was prescribed on November 1st 2014, where she achieved a “good quality way to end life.” Dying with dignity has an extensive list of laws in which Maynard had to go by. Two physicians had to approve her illness, where she lived and mental competence as well as many other rigorous guidelines. Many individuals asked Maynard why she was deciding to end her life and pleaded with her to reconsider
She was twenty-nine years old when she was diagnosed. Maynard was only given six months to live, and if she lived for six months she would beat the doctor’s odds. Due to her terminal illness, she suffered many different physical and emotional hardships. Her physical and cognitive functions began to decline and only worsen as the days went by. As her health started to only become worse, the seizures started to gravitate to more of an extreme and debilitating disease in their self. Due to how far her cancer had progressed, doctors told her there was nothing that they could do to help her and all of the procedures that were available would not help. Maynard had hardly any options and knew she did not want to die in the way that she was going to. While living in California, she decided to research and speak about moving to Oregon, which is one of the three sates that have the death with dignity law. This is where she decided to consume the medicine that was prescribed on November 1st 2014, where she achieved a “good quality way to end life.” Dying with dignity has an extensive list of laws in which Maynard had to go by. Two physicians had to approve her illness, where she lived and mental competence as well as many other rigorous guidelines. Many individuals asked Maynard why she was deciding to end her life and pleaded with her to reconsider