The issue that this paper will examine is DIT scenario four, titled “Cancer”:
Mrs. Bennett is 62 years old, and in the last phases of colon cancer. She is in terrible pain and asks the doctor to give her more pain-killer medicine. The doctor has given her the maximum safe dose already and is reluctant to increase the dosage because it would probably hasten her death. In a clear and rational mental state, Mrs. Bennett says that she realizes this; but she wants to end her suffering even if it means ending her life. Should the doctor give her an increased dosage? (Floyd, 2018).
This ethical dilemma has a number of problems that will affect different people. The people that will be affected in this scenario are the patient, the doctor, and the patient’s family. The ethical dilemmas that the patient has are:
• Does she have the right to make this decision?
• Has she thought of how this will affect her family?
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The cons of physician assisted suicide are that is it immoral/ unethical, devalues life, can be misused, removes hope, and gives doctors too much power (VGAVirginia.org, 2018). After researching the cons associated with why this should not be legal it appears that they all revolve around religion, hope, and power. The pros for having physician assisted suicide legal are it prevents suffering, gives choices, affordable, dignified death, saves resources, preserves organs, decreases suicide, and it gives another option (VGAVirginia.org, 2018). After researching the pros associated with why this should be legal it appears that all the argument revolve around giving people power, money, and resources. After researching, reading and trying to relate this decision to my life I feel that I side with the pro argument. Some states have already begun to put laws in place so that physician assisted suicide is
Mrs. Bennett is 62 years old, and in the last phases of colon cancer. She is in terrible pain and asks the doctor to give her more pain-killer medicine. The doctor has given her the maximum safe dose already and is reluctant to increase the dosage because it would probably hasten her death. In a clear and rational mental state, Mrs. Bennett says that she realizes this; but she wants to end her suffering even if it means ending her life. Should the doctor give her an increased dosage? (Floyd, 2018).
This ethical dilemma has a number of problems that will affect different people. The people that will be affected in this scenario are the patient, the doctor, and the patient’s family. The ethical dilemmas that the patient has are:
• Does she have the right to make this decision?
• Has she thought of how this will affect her family?
The ethical …show more content…
The cons of physician assisted suicide are that is it immoral/ unethical, devalues life, can be misused, removes hope, and gives doctors too much power (VGAVirginia.org, 2018). After researching the cons associated with why this should not be legal it appears that they all revolve around religion, hope, and power. The pros for having physician assisted suicide legal are it prevents suffering, gives choices, affordable, dignified death, saves resources, preserves organs, decreases suicide, and it gives another option (VGAVirginia.org, 2018). After researching the pros associated with why this should be legal it appears that all the argument revolve around giving people power, money, and resources. After researching, reading and trying to relate this decision to my life I feel that I side with the pro argument. Some states have already begun to put laws in place so that physician assisted suicide is