Physician assisted suicide is a very controversial topic. Many people think that physician assisted suicide is ethical and should be performed on those who are terminally ill and others think that physician assisted suicide is not ethical or moral and think that physicians who are associated with physician assisted suicide should lose their licenses and go to court. But why let a loved one suffer? If someone is terminally ill and in chronic pain all the time they should be able to have a dignified, pain free death. A prescription of a lethal dose is quite a peaceful way to go. If it wasn’t for that lethal dose, then the person would stop eating and drinking for two whole weeks. That isn’t ethical, that could be very painful. When a person is
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Many people think that if a physician assists in a suicide of a person the doctor must go to court and can get charged with murder or assisted murder. Helping someone take their own life is frowned upon in society but that’s because people in society only know the details made public, but there are many details that aren’t made public. But people only see the face value which is someone’s life at stake. Many people think that death by physician assisted suicide is not a dignified one. “Committing suicide deprives a person of the remaining time he or she has in this life. It also deprives the family and friends of someone whose life they’ve shared. This reality causes tremendous pain for those left behind and gives rise to many complex emotions and questions” (Harvey, 2016, p. 2). While suicide creates pain for loved ones left behind it is entirely selfish to ask someone who is suffering a painful death that could last six months to stay alive because a loved one is not ready to let go. The patient who is dying is suffering the pain and for a loved one to want them to stay around is incredibly selfish because they are not experiencing that pain. It’s best to understand what the terminally ill person is going through and respect and support that person’s wishes. Don’t make it harder on the person who is already dying as someone that person loves you need to be accepting and supportive, make sure the person knows how loved they are. Every person’s life is valuable and each person is unique in their own way but no one should have to suffer a painful death when they’re already
Many people think that if a physician assists in a suicide of a person the doctor must go to court and can get charged with murder or assisted murder. Helping someone take their own life is frowned upon in society but that’s because people in society only know the details made public, but there are many details that aren’t made public. But people only see the face value which is someone’s life at stake. Many people think that death by physician assisted suicide is not a dignified one. “Committing suicide deprives a person of the remaining time he or she has in this life. It also deprives the family and friends of someone whose life they’ve shared. This reality causes tremendous pain for those left behind and gives rise to many complex emotions and questions” (Harvey, 2016, p. 2). While suicide creates pain for loved ones left behind it is entirely selfish to ask someone who is suffering a painful death that could last six months to stay alive because a loved one is not ready to let go. The patient who is dying is suffering the pain and for a loved one to want them to stay around is incredibly selfish because they are not experiencing that pain. It’s best to understand what the terminally ill person is going through and respect and support that person’s wishes. Don’t make it harder on the person who is already dying as someone that person loves you need to be accepting and supportive, make sure the person knows how loved they are. Every person’s life is valuable and each person is unique in their own way but no one should have to suffer a painful death when they’re already