The world has been trying to figure out how to word euthanasia in a way that is the least insensitive. Euthanasia is a broad term used that means “help with a good death”. In recent times, countries have adapted the term assisted suicide. It is still considered not the best choice, because suicide is a very taboo subject in many places. For example, Japan has the world’s highest suicide rate and it is known to be integrated deep into their culture. According to Derek Humphrey, ”Voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide are rarely talked about, which seems strange to Westerners who have heard so much about the culture of ritual suicide, hari kari, in Japanese history.” In general, death is a delicate subject that everyone avoids until they are
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Everyone is not fortunate enough to have the support and great pain management that they are promised. A disease will not only pick at you physically, but mentally as well. Some are not strong enough to deal with it, and are left to drive themselves insane. According to the Article Crisis By Faith, “Mainstream moral reasoning has always accepted a patient 's right to refuse or abandon medical care and letting nature take its course. Miller, in fact, thinks too little of that takes place”. For instance, a woman diagnosed with a brain tumor has dealt with poor pain management. The development in her treatment has had no growth over the span of her life. This woman’s name is Brittany Maynard. “Maynard was diagnosed with a stage 4 malignant brain tumor. She moved with her family from California to Oregon, where she could legally die with medication prescribed under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.” She states that she frequently experienced long in length seizures, and severe head and neck pain. These kinds of symptoms can interfere so much in a patients life, and it can change everything. When Maynard discusses the time she wants to die, she even says "I still feel good enough and I still have enough joy and I still laugh and smile with my family and friends enough that it doesn 't seem like the right time right now, But it will come, because I feel myself getting sicker. It 's happening each
Everyone is not fortunate enough to have the support and great pain management that they are promised. A disease will not only pick at you physically, but mentally as well. Some are not strong enough to deal with it, and are left to drive themselves insane. According to the Article Crisis By Faith, “Mainstream moral reasoning has always accepted a patient 's right to refuse or abandon medical care and letting nature take its course. Miller, in fact, thinks too little of that takes place”. For instance, a woman diagnosed with a brain tumor has dealt with poor pain management. The development in her treatment has had no growth over the span of her life. This woman’s name is Brittany Maynard. “Maynard was diagnosed with a stage 4 malignant brain tumor. She moved with her family from California to Oregon, where she could legally die with medication prescribed under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.” She states that she frequently experienced long in length seizures, and severe head and neck pain. These kinds of symptoms can interfere so much in a patients life, and it can change everything. When Maynard discusses the time she wants to die, she even says "I still feel good enough and I still have enough joy and I still laugh and smile with my family and friends enough that it doesn 't seem like the right time right now, But it will come, because I feel myself getting sicker. It 's happening each