Imagine someone in your family is diagnosed with a terminal disease. There is no chance of them surviving and they constantly suffer with chronic pain. Now imagine you can do something to end their pain. Wouldn’t you do it? This is one of the many positive aspects of physician assisted suicide; the administration of lethal drugs to end someone’s life. The opposition claims that this method is sacrilegious and does not comply with God’s will. However, the option of assisted suicide allows patients to keep their dignity, end their pain, donate their organs, and prevent the prolonged suffering of family members. Overall, assisted suicide is a positive option for patients and families to help each other heal.
To begin, those against assisted suicide believe that the procedure is sacrilegious and disobeys the “Hippocratic Oath”. First, religious followers believe that using drugs to kill yourself is a sin and would go against God’s will. When people are in immense pain, God is still there, and life is still worth protecting (Piercy). Unfortunately, the pain that some people endure is immense, and the …show more content…
Often times patients go through a tremendous amount of pain when going through treatments. People have the responsibility to end the pain of others if it is the best option. (“Assisted”) If someone’s sees a person in pain they should help. Being a witness to someone’s torture is almost as bad as afflicting the pain yourself. Moreover, treatments for diseases sometimes just make patients more comfortable. But the bottom line is, pain is pain. “Medical technology has given us the power to sustain the lives (or, as some would say, prolong the deaths).”(“Assisted”) In some cases poor life conditions are worse than death. People would rather die and rid themselves of pain than live as an unhappy person. To conclude, assisted suicide allows the relief of pain to victims of horrible
To begin, those against assisted suicide believe that the procedure is sacrilegious and disobeys the “Hippocratic Oath”. First, religious followers believe that using drugs to kill yourself is a sin and would go against God’s will. When people are in immense pain, God is still there, and life is still worth protecting (Piercy). Unfortunately, the pain that some people endure is immense, and the …show more content…
Often times patients go through a tremendous amount of pain when going through treatments. People have the responsibility to end the pain of others if it is the best option. (“Assisted”) If someone’s sees a person in pain they should help. Being a witness to someone’s torture is almost as bad as afflicting the pain yourself. Moreover, treatments for diseases sometimes just make patients more comfortable. But the bottom line is, pain is pain. “Medical technology has given us the power to sustain the lives (or, as some would say, prolong the deaths).”(“Assisted”) In some cases poor life conditions are worse than death. People would rather die and rid themselves of pain than live as an unhappy person. To conclude, assisted suicide allows the relief of pain to victims of horrible