Research Paper On Physician Assisted Suicide

Physician Assisted Suicide “When my mother contracted ovarian cancer at 56, she was very clear that she wanted to be able to depart the world with dignity” (Andrew Soloman). These type of patients know that they will eventually die and that they can’t do anything about their sickness. They don’t want people to see them so weak. Physician assisted suicide is a way to end your life when you are in pain. Although, this method is not very well known because only a few have actually legalized it. It is starting to become a lot more used and known. Terminally ill patients go through so much pain daily knowing their chances of survival are very low. They do not want to suffer so much that last months of their lives are spent in pain and unable to …show more content…
988 patients were asked if they supported physician assisted suicide and 60% did agree with it. The patients that do agree with it voiced their opinions they think it should be legal everywhere to be able to have the right to die. They said that people who are not sick don’t realize how much constant pain they are in. They cannot do anything about how they feel. patients are not ending their life because it’s something they want to do (Muskin). Social and political views about this are so bad because it could be considered “suicide”. Suicide is not seen as a positive because the reason so many people do it today is because they feel like they aren’t worth anything to anyone. The patients don’t want to have to leave their families and friends, but they feel like they are being a burden to them. Their are some states that are actually planning to legalize it in the next few years. Many patients who are not allowed or able to get this treatment are heavily depressed because can’t do anything with themselves. Research shows that families of patients who choose this treatment have an extremly hard time with the fact that their loved one chose not to stay with