Instead of assisted suicide or euthanasia, patients should seek palliative care treatment. Individuals against palliative care believe that patients shouldn’t have to live their life depending on medications and machines. However, comfort can be given through palliative care, and the endless amounts of treatment available can ease pain for the patient and their family.
Eileen Chrystal-Frances, a member of the World Health Organization, describes palliative care as “a specialized field of medicine that is slowly emerging in step with certain changes in our society and our mindset toward death and dying” (Beider). Palliative care centers its attention towards relieving stress and symptoms of terminal illnesses. A team of doctors, nurses, and social workers work together to find the best possible way to comfort the patient and their family. This team also includes nutrition specialists, masseuses, church clergy members, and many others. Choosing palliative care over assisted suicide doesn’t always result in the patient being “hooked up to machines” for the rest of their lives.
Not every patient has to be in a hospital. Palliative care and Hospice are used together, so if a patient is reaching the end of their life, they can request service in their homes. 66.4% of patients acquired palliative care …show more content…
The World Heath Organization (WHO) defines pediatric palliative care as “the active total care of the child’s body, mind and spirit, and also involves giving support to the family.” In Oregon, anyone requesting assisted suicide has to be 18 years or older. Some believe that euthanasia should be available to younger children with parental consent. Research shows that teen suicide rates are rising each year, so allowing euthanasia to teenagers will send that rate higher and higher. Allowing children and teenagers to request assisted suicide takes tolls on their families, and they are missing out on a great life ahead of
Eileen Chrystal-Frances, a member of the World Health Organization, describes palliative care as “a specialized field of medicine that is slowly emerging in step with certain changes in our society and our mindset toward death and dying” (Beider). Palliative care centers its attention towards relieving stress and symptoms of terminal illnesses. A team of doctors, nurses, and social workers work together to find the best possible way to comfort the patient and their family. This team also includes nutrition specialists, masseuses, church clergy members, and many others. Choosing palliative care over assisted suicide doesn’t always result in the patient being “hooked up to machines” for the rest of their lives.
Not every patient has to be in a hospital. Palliative care and Hospice are used together, so if a patient is reaching the end of their life, they can request service in their homes. 66.4% of patients acquired palliative care …show more content…
The World Heath Organization (WHO) defines pediatric palliative care as “the active total care of the child’s body, mind and spirit, and also involves giving support to the family.” In Oregon, anyone requesting assisted suicide has to be 18 years or older. Some believe that euthanasia should be available to younger children with parental consent. Research shows that teen suicide rates are rising each year, so allowing euthanasia to teenagers will send that rate higher and higher. Allowing children and teenagers to request assisted suicide takes tolls on their families, and they are missing out on a great life ahead of