Should Physicians-Assisted Suicide be allowed in the United States?
Many patients and doctors around the country have debated the right for physicians to assist in patient suicide. Doctors should be allowed to assist in the suicide of terminally ill patients who are suffering and are going to die regardless of the time they have left. Patients should be allowed the right to choose to live or die when cancer or some genetic disease has taken over their body. It is questioned whether this act is ethically wrong or just against someone's religious beliefs.
The term Physician-assisted suicide means that a doctor will prescribe a dying patient with a lethal dose of medication for them to take when they are comfortable and ready to die. The medication
Many patients and doctors around the country have debated the right for physicians to assist in patient suicide. Doctors should be allowed to assist in the suicide of terminally ill patients who are suffering and are going to die regardless of the time they have left. Patients should be allowed the right to choose to live or die when cancer or some genetic disease has taken over their body. It is questioned whether this act is ethically wrong or just against someone's religious beliefs.
The term Physician-assisted suicide means that a doctor will prescribe a dying patient with a lethal dose of medication for them to take when they are comfortable and ready to die. The medication