The right to assisted suicide is a topic that concerns people all over Canada. The debates creates positive and negative criticism whether a dying patient has the right to die with assistance of a doctor or what they refer to as “Dying with Dignity”. Many patients are forced to suffer needlessly when there is another alternative. A few are against it for religious and moral reasons. Others are for it for compassion and respect for the dying.
The Supreme Court case involves Sue Rodriguez who’s fighting ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) a disease that causes muscle weakness and impacts the functioning of the body, which leads to death. She’s fighting for the right to choose to be killed. 20 years later the latest attempt to strike down the existing Criminal Code provisions, a women named Gloria embarked her own quests for assisted suicide. The news has come across the country and went all the way to the supreme court of Canada. Can we consent for wanting to be put to rest? Such thinking has led to intense national and international debate. The court has given the government twelve months to respond on whether or not the law could get legalized if not the …show more content…
‘’Choice should be intrinsic to all aspects of life and death’’ (OCSWSSW, p.61) Social workers are challenged to provide expertise and skill in direct services to clients and their families. The Code of Ethics (OCSWSSW) dictates that discussing all options available to the patients and families in a end-of-life situation. Social workers are not to promote any means in particular to the patient’s options. The impact might be difficult but to increase our knowledge in this field as social workers we need to make a contribution to discussing and helping someone to advance about end-of-life issues as the profession that will enhance the standard of health, comfort, and
The Supreme Court case involves Sue Rodriguez who’s fighting ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) a disease that causes muscle weakness and impacts the functioning of the body, which leads to death. She’s fighting for the right to choose to be killed. 20 years later the latest attempt to strike down the existing Criminal Code provisions, a women named Gloria embarked her own quests for assisted suicide. The news has come across the country and went all the way to the supreme court of Canada. Can we consent for wanting to be put to rest? Such thinking has led to intense national and international debate. The court has given the government twelve months to respond on whether or not the law could get legalized if not the …show more content…
‘’Choice should be intrinsic to all aspects of life and death’’ (OCSWSSW, p.61) Social workers are challenged to provide expertise and skill in direct services to clients and their families. The Code of Ethics (OCSWSSW) dictates that discussing all options available to the patients and families in a end-of-life situation. Social workers are not to promote any means in particular to the patient’s options. The impact might be difficult but to increase our knowledge in this field as social workers we need to make a contribution to discussing and helping someone to advance about end-of-life issues as the profession that will enhance the standard of health, comfort, and