Physician Assisted Suicide Research Paper

Globally, Euthanasia and/or Physician assisted suicide is legal in about 29% of countries (ProCon.org) and most people don’t even know the difference between the two. Physician assisted suicide is where the doctor gives their patient the means to die given the circumstances (they have no direct hand in their patients suicide), whereas euthanasia is the direct application of a means of suicide by the doctors themselves (American Nurses Association). Laws legalizing assisted suicide have been passed around like a hot potato and rejected almost every time. Even in places it is legalized, assisted suicide is an unthinkable course of action, regardless of a patient's situation or suffering. Others feel they should be able to choose whether and when …show more content…
Is it inhumane to teach medical students how to kill their patients? The answer can be split both ways because this sensitive topic is neither black or white, but categorized into a gray muddled area. Those opposed say that the execution of euthanasia will also bring about a need for ethics and moral training as well as cause some to bypass the medical field altogether (Bourdeau). Yes, doctors are supposed to be a symbol of wellness and health. The ones that come to mind to help you feel better, to keep their patients alive. However, a doctor's job is also to ensure that their patient is not suffering or in any type of pain and both nurses and doctors are supposed to provide peace of mind and body. When a patient is dying or in immense, irreversible pain, a doctor can do nothing, but provide numbing medication and sentiments to the family. Assisted suicide and euthanasia are just a few options to provide relief. In fact, if a doctor is truly opposed to having a hand in “killing” their patients, assisted suicide is an option that they can choose. However, with death coursing through an average hospital, it is nothing that doctors aren't trained to deal with