When a person becomes terminally ill, suffers through severe mental illness, or becomes paralyzed due to a tragic accident; they begin to feel useless and it often brings the person to consider going under the process of Euthanasia also known as mercy killing. Euthanasia or physician assisted-suicide, allows a terminally ill patient to end their suffering through a compassionate death. In human history, euthanasia has existed since ancient times (Diaconescu, 2012). When the topic of euthanasia is brought up a lot of controversy begins, moral and ethical values take over when an individual decides whether euthanasia should be allowed or not (Diaconescu, 2012). When a patient decides to undergo the process of euthanasia, typically, the physicians
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In Oregon, the cost for a proper euthanasia procedure is an estimated range of $35,000 to 40,000 dollars. However, the cost of drugs for assisted suicide is roughly thirty-five dollars (Economic Aspects, 2011). Some debate that euthanasia is the correct path to take because the cost of it is less than the cost of all medical bills for treatments to a terminal illness, in which the possibility for a cure is not very likely. In contrast, people who stand against euthanasia believe that despite the cost it should not be legal because they believe it is a form of homicide and that doctors would be quick to suggest it to patients than to be in flooded with hospital bills (Diaconescu, 2012). Overall, the cost of euthanasia affects the decision someone makes when debating where to follow through or …show more content…
Due to everyone’s different beliefs, morals, and ethics issues of pros and cons to euthanasia are quickly fired up. People who are against euthanasia debate that if euthanasia becomes legal everywhere, people with disabilities will no longer be existent (Diaconescu, 2012). “The movement in favor of improving the condition of the patients in terminal phase, in order to avoid that they endure long suffering and prejudice their dignity, has manifested along with the movement in favor of abortion” (Diaconescu, 2012). This leads to the long conflict and arguing between people who are pro life or pro choice. Arguments created through euthanasia are ethical and religious based (Diaconescu, 2012). Ethically people debate that the struggle of life is a part of society therefore it is requires; religiously they debate to not kill and the right to reverence life, this forbids and take legal action by calling it homicide (Diaconescu, 2012). In contrast, others argue that it is the right to self-determine what to do with regard one’s body (Diaconescu,
In Oregon, the cost for a proper euthanasia procedure is an estimated range of $35,000 to 40,000 dollars. However, the cost of drugs for assisted suicide is roughly thirty-five dollars (Economic Aspects, 2011). Some debate that euthanasia is the correct path to take because the cost of it is less than the cost of all medical bills for treatments to a terminal illness, in which the possibility for a cure is not very likely. In contrast, people who stand against euthanasia believe that despite the cost it should not be legal because they believe it is a form of homicide and that doctors would be quick to suggest it to patients than to be in flooded with hospital bills (Diaconescu, 2012). Overall, the cost of euthanasia affects the decision someone makes when debating where to follow through or …show more content…
Due to everyone’s different beliefs, morals, and ethics issues of pros and cons to euthanasia are quickly fired up. People who are against euthanasia debate that if euthanasia becomes legal everywhere, people with disabilities will no longer be existent (Diaconescu, 2012). “The movement in favor of improving the condition of the patients in terminal phase, in order to avoid that they endure long suffering and prejudice their dignity, has manifested along with the movement in favor of abortion” (Diaconescu, 2012). This leads to the long conflict and arguing between people who are pro life or pro choice. Arguments created through euthanasia are ethical and religious based (Diaconescu, 2012). Ethically people debate that the struggle of life is a part of society therefore it is requires; religiously they debate to not kill and the right to reverence life, this forbids and take legal action by calling it homicide (Diaconescu, 2012). In contrast, others argue that it is the right to self-determine what to do with regard one’s body (Diaconescu,