Milan Kundera, a Czechoslovakian author, declares, “Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death.” Kundera argues that humans should have the right to die mercifully death, like dogs. However, not everyone agrees with Kundera and they believe that all life holds value and should not perish. Consequently, if someone assists another in the death of a sick individual, they should be tried a murderer. They reason that medical practitioners will take advantage of the vulnerable--the poor, the sick, and the elderly. Also, people believe God, creator life and destroyer life; thus, humans should not upset nature’s
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To fulfill the duty of their courageous job, they forbid terminally ill patients to suffer; thus, they are not deemed murders. Opposing this argument, people believe that doctors are to keep patients alive no matter the circumstance due to religious beliefs. No one should control their own death, only God determines a person’s death. Others believe that no medical practitioner can assure the if the patient will return to good health. Thus, doctors supplying patients with powerful doses to end their life kills innocent people for no reason. However, these people who hold these beliefs are wrong. No person should have to suffer through terminal illness; no person should endure pointless suffering. Medical practitioners should ensure their patient a peaceful and happy death. Emily Tomilson, writer for the Enfield Integrated Learning Disabilities Service in the UK, interviewed several people whose loved ones passed away by the means of assisted suicide. Tomlinson concludes, “Many participants reached a stage where they believed their relative had ‘suffered enough’ and they were ‘waiting for death’. Some described the difficulty of witnessing ‘pointless suffering’” (723). Because the relatives of the dying do not wish to watch their loved one’s suffer, doctors must not let the patient suffer, even if they should die. In fact, medical practitioners should realize that their patients have ‘suffered enough’ and to eliminate ‘pointless suffering’. No person should suffer due to the ignorance of a medical practitioner. Along with Tomlinson, Niall McCrae, professor at Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, agrees that doctors should have the best interest of their patients. He believes that assisted suicide justifies itself because people are dying a moral death. McCrae advocates, “Proponents of euthanasia argue that to minimize suffering,
To fulfill the duty of their courageous job, they forbid terminally ill patients to suffer; thus, they are not deemed murders. Opposing this argument, people believe that doctors are to keep patients alive no matter the circumstance due to religious beliefs. No one should control their own death, only God determines a person’s death. Others believe that no medical practitioner can assure the if the patient will return to good health. Thus, doctors supplying patients with powerful doses to end their life kills innocent people for no reason. However, these people who hold these beliefs are wrong. No person should have to suffer through terminal illness; no person should endure pointless suffering. Medical practitioners should ensure their patient a peaceful and happy death. Emily Tomilson, writer for the Enfield Integrated Learning Disabilities Service in the UK, interviewed several people whose loved ones passed away by the means of assisted suicide. Tomlinson concludes, “Many participants reached a stage where they believed their relative had ‘suffered enough’ and they were ‘waiting for death’. Some described the difficulty of witnessing ‘pointless suffering’” (723). Because the relatives of the dying do not wish to watch their loved one’s suffer, doctors must not let the patient suffer, even if they should die. In fact, medical practitioners should realize that their patients have ‘suffered enough’ and to eliminate ‘pointless suffering’. No person should suffer due to the ignorance of a medical practitioner. Along with Tomlinson, Niall McCrae, professor at Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, agrees that doctors should have the best interest of their patients. He believes that assisted suicide justifies itself because people are dying a moral death. McCrae advocates, “Proponents of euthanasia argue that to minimize suffering,