Right To Die As medical technology advances, a vast amount of different opportunities arise, one of these being euthanasia of humans. Euthanasia is also called assisted suicide, but from a legal standpoint, it is debated whether or not euthanasia is considered murder. For some, they believe that euthanasia can be classified as murder because the doctor is the one who prescribes the lethal dosage of medication. But for patients who experience unbearable pain from a terminal illness, this practice is a last resort, and it should be their decision to make as the government has no legal position to tell them otherwise. As long as there are specific requirements in order to euthanize a person, it should be allowed. The practice of euthanasia should
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Additionally, according to ProCon.org, the medicine needed to euthanize a person costs roughly $75-100, and according to the Washington Post, it costs as much as $4,000 per day to keep someone on life support. Consider that there is a patient who has a terminal illness, with a life expectancy of two more months with medical care; the illness they have is excruciatingly painful and pain killers only help to rid of some of the pain. Is it fair to that patient that, if they requested, they would be denied the opportunity to end their life and the suffering of himself, and their families? Not only that, but also they would have to pay for the medical bills, and, if they are unable to take care of the bills himself the burden is then left to their families. A $75 pill versus $240,000 in medical expenses; there is not a price on savoring the last time with a loved one, but it is not fair to them to have to suffer pain if it can be avoided. Human life is a valuable thing, but some have had their fair share and are ready to …show more content…
Doctors do not euthanize their patients against their will, and the government does not have the authority to tell someone they have to continue living, even if they are in extreme pain. There are people who are concerned that patients will abuse the right euthanize themselves, but doctors do not euthanize patients if there is no reason for it. A doctor only euthanizes patients if it is necessary. The only circumstances in which it is legally allowed is if a patient has a terminal illness, is approved by two doctors, and verbally requests the euthanizing. Some say that doctors are playing God when they euthanize a patient by ending their life before it was originally intended, but in a political cartoon drawn by Tom Toles, a man, whose health chart has dropped past the end of the paper and it running on to the floor, is being shown hooked up to an artificial heart, artificial lungs, artificial liver, artificial appendix, artificial stomach, and artificial blood, but when the patient requests to be euthanized, the doctor responded with “What? And play God?” (Tom Toles). Prolonging the life of a suffering person in many cases could be considered worse than helping them to live longer. A barely living, barely breathing human being should not be forced to live if they want otherwise. Not everyone in these situations would request to be
Additionally, according to ProCon.org, the medicine needed to euthanize a person costs roughly $75-100, and according to the Washington Post, it costs as much as $4,000 per day to keep someone on life support. Consider that there is a patient who has a terminal illness, with a life expectancy of two more months with medical care; the illness they have is excruciatingly painful and pain killers only help to rid of some of the pain. Is it fair to that patient that, if they requested, they would be denied the opportunity to end their life and the suffering of himself, and their families? Not only that, but also they would have to pay for the medical bills, and, if they are unable to take care of the bills himself the burden is then left to their families. A $75 pill versus $240,000 in medical expenses; there is not a price on savoring the last time with a loved one, but it is not fair to them to have to suffer pain if it can be avoided. Human life is a valuable thing, but some have had their fair share and are ready to …show more content…
Doctors do not euthanize their patients against their will, and the government does not have the authority to tell someone they have to continue living, even if they are in extreme pain. There are people who are concerned that patients will abuse the right euthanize themselves, but doctors do not euthanize patients if there is no reason for it. A doctor only euthanizes patients if it is necessary. The only circumstances in which it is legally allowed is if a patient has a terminal illness, is approved by two doctors, and verbally requests the euthanizing. Some say that doctors are playing God when they euthanize a patient by ending their life before it was originally intended, but in a political cartoon drawn by Tom Toles, a man, whose health chart has dropped past the end of the paper and it running on to the floor, is being shown hooked up to an artificial heart, artificial lungs, artificial liver, artificial appendix, artificial stomach, and artificial blood, but when the patient requests to be euthanized, the doctor responded with “What? And play God?” (Tom Toles). Prolonging the life of a suffering person in many cases could be considered worse than helping them to live longer. A barely living, barely breathing human being should not be forced to live if they want otherwise. Not everyone in these situations would request to be