Imagine being cooped up in a hospital room and you are hooked up to countless machines. With doctors and nurses checking on you asking if you’re okay but, you’re tired, fatigued, and just want the pain to go away. The doctors gave you a terminal diagnosis with death is just around the corner. If you have come to terms with your death you should be able to choose how your life ends. Physician-assisted suicide gives a terminally ill patient a choice on how they choose to die.
Before a patient can gain access to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) they need to go through this process. The patient must find a doctor willing to go through with your end of life choice. Even though physician-assisted suicide is legal in five states; physicians in those states can still refuse …show more content…
The cost of chemotherapy in a hospital is about $66,826 a year. Hospice care can cost up to $10,000 a month while the cost of life-ending drugs ranges from $400-$3000. $3000 for one prescription sounds excessive but in the end, it would be cheaper than the monthly cost of a hospice care. A report from Dartmouth Institute states that it costs anywhere from $35,000 to $90,000 for the last two years of a patient’s life. Along with the emotional stressors, the price of care adds more unnecessary stress to the patient. PAS is a great option for patients who choose it, but it also benefits the patient with the price. When talking from an economic standpoint PAS gives the patient a choice on how to spend their money. PAS can save the patient money which can benefit them and their families because, in the end, the money they save from not choosing the end of life care can go towards other expenses. Therefore alleviating financial stressors off the patient and family, allowing them to focus on being together in the patient's last months of their
Before a patient can gain access to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) they need to go through this process. The patient must find a doctor willing to go through with your end of life choice. Even though physician-assisted suicide is legal in five states; physicians in those states can still refuse …show more content…
The cost of chemotherapy in a hospital is about $66,826 a year. Hospice care can cost up to $10,000 a month while the cost of life-ending drugs ranges from $400-$3000. $3000 for one prescription sounds excessive but in the end, it would be cheaper than the monthly cost of a hospice care. A report from Dartmouth Institute states that it costs anywhere from $35,000 to $90,000 for the last two years of a patient’s life. Along with the emotional stressors, the price of care adds more unnecessary stress to the patient. PAS is a great option for patients who choose it, but it also benefits the patient with the price. When talking from an economic standpoint PAS gives the patient a choice on how to spend their money. PAS can save the patient money which can benefit them and their families because, in the end, the money they save from not choosing the end of life care can go towards other expenses. Therefore alleviating financial stressors off the patient and family, allowing them to focus on being together in the patient's last months of their