The use of terminology such as DNR, no code, and slow code are all used everyday in the health care setting. They all relate to omitting or delaying life saving measure to be preformed on someone who is dying. Patients and patient’s power of attorneys have the right to making these burdensome decisions. Death and dying is considered a very dirty word in today’s society. Some people are ignorant to what the true definition of what having good quality of life is. The particular ethical issue I will be discussing lies within the death and dying chapter. I plan to focus on the topic, Is Physician Assisted Suicide moral or immoral? I chose this topic because of most recent case in Oregon of Brittany Maynard. Her story really touched my heart; I think her case is extremely sad and unfortunate but helped open the public eye to the ethical side to the Death with Dignity Act.
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She is a 29-year-old female who was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer, which would consume her life in a couple of months. Brittany became the spokeswoman for death with dignity laws before her passing. Do you think Brittany Maynard just wants to die? Brittany stated, "I don't want to die," Maynard told CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford in mid-October. "If anyone wants to hand me, like, a magical cure and save my life so that I can have children with my husband, you know, I will take them up on it." ("Death with Dignity Advocate Brittany Maynard Ends Her Life.”) But, in her case, there is no cure and she chose to seek out the best way possible for her to deal with this terminal illness. She and her husband moved to Oregon where she would be able to take advantage of the state’s Death With Dignity Act. What is Physician Assisted Suicide? This is where a physician prescribes a lethal dose of medication, which will allow the terminally ill patient to go quick and
She is a 29-year-old female who was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer, which would consume her life in a couple of months. Brittany became the spokeswoman for death with dignity laws before her passing. Do you think Brittany Maynard just wants to die? Brittany stated, "I don't want to die," Maynard told CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford in mid-October. "If anyone wants to hand me, like, a magical cure and save my life so that I can have children with my husband, you know, I will take them up on it." ("Death with Dignity Advocate Brittany Maynard Ends Her Life.”) But, in her case, there is no cure and she chose to seek out the best way possible for her to deal with this terminal illness. She and her husband moved to Oregon where she would be able to take advantage of the state’s Death With Dignity Act. What is Physician Assisted Suicide? This is where a physician prescribes a lethal dose of medication, which will allow the terminally ill patient to go quick and