When it comes to the discussion of Physician-Assisted Suicide, this topic is an extremely controversial one. Legal, ethical, and civil liberty departments look closely at all the implications that Physician-Assisted Suicide may bring about. Not the mention the careful scrutiny that the patients, and their families examine on their own, The obligation the physicians need to uphold for the well being of their patients in addition to the legal allowances of their states dictate the usage of Physician-Assisted Suicide.
The Death With Dignity Act, which was approved, and put in place by the State of Oregon in 1997, “allows terminally ill residents of Oregon to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, clearly prescribed by a physician for that purpose” (Oregon). The legislation approved in Oregon seems to be the beginning of a caring, and compassionate approach to handle our terminally ill loved ones and help ease their pain and potentially unnecessary suffering. For Physician-Assisted Suicide to be truly beneficial to those involved clear and decisive measures must be enacted so mishandling and abuse can be avoided.
Attentive deliberations by doctors must be supported, and the cautionary procedures of The Death With Dignity Act must be …show more content…
One method is passive euthanasia, this means to permit a person to die by withdrawing medication, nutrition, liquids, and other things needed to sustain life such as life support systems, oxygen or feeding tubes. The other method is called active euthanasia. This means to terminate a person’s life with the use of drugs. This method is what is classified as Physician Assisted Suicide. Although the passive method is not officially considered physician-assisted suicide, there are legal presidencies covering this process. Vermont also declared that suicide with prescribed medications was a legal “medical treatment”
The Death With Dignity Act, which was approved, and put in place by the State of Oregon in 1997, “allows terminally ill residents of Oregon to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, clearly prescribed by a physician for that purpose” (Oregon). The legislation approved in Oregon seems to be the beginning of a caring, and compassionate approach to handle our terminally ill loved ones and help ease their pain and potentially unnecessary suffering. For Physician-Assisted Suicide to be truly beneficial to those involved clear and decisive measures must be enacted so mishandling and abuse can be avoided.
Attentive deliberations by doctors must be supported, and the cautionary procedures of The Death With Dignity Act must be …show more content…
One method is passive euthanasia, this means to permit a person to die by withdrawing medication, nutrition, liquids, and other things needed to sustain life such as life support systems, oxygen or feeding tubes. The other method is called active euthanasia. This means to terminate a person’s life with the use of drugs. This method is what is classified as Physician Assisted Suicide. Although the passive method is not officially considered physician-assisted suicide, there are legal presidencies covering this process. Vermont also declared that suicide with prescribed medications was a legal “medical treatment”