Although there is an ongoing debate in the United States about physician-assisted suicide and whether it should be legalized across the United States, the legalization of physician-assisted suicide would not only help patients “die with dignity”, it would also help their families and medical professionals as well. Physician-assisted suicide, or euthanasia, is the process of a medical doctor assisting a terminally ill patient end their lives in a pain free and professional process. Physician-assisted suicide has already been pasted in five states in the United States and in many different countries across the World, and continues to grow in popularity. The supporters of physician-assisted suicide believe that by allowing patients who have suffered greatly have a right to end their lives in a pain free and
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Physician-assisted suicide helps patient’s families as well by allowing family members not to see their families suffering anymore, and can also help end the expensive medical bills that can pile up associated with caring for a dying family member. Physician-assisted suicide can also help physicians and other medical professionals focus on more of the people who want to live or still have options left. When a physician spends more time helping a patient who has a stronger chance of living, it gives the patient much needed attention and resources from medical professionals to continue to reach towards living. The legalization of physician-assisted suicide has been benefits that would help everyone involved in the process of treating the terminally ill.
Throughout the United States many terminally ill patients are beginning to find a new option in physician-assisted suicide. The legalization of physician-assisted suicide could be helpful to terminally ill patients in several ways. For many patients attempting suicide could not only dangerous and extremely painful, but attempting suicide on their own could end in failure. If a person fails in
Physician-assisted suicide helps patient’s families as well by allowing family members not to see their families suffering anymore, and can also help end the expensive medical bills that can pile up associated with caring for a dying family member. Physician-assisted suicide can also help physicians and other medical professionals focus on more of the people who want to live or still have options left. When a physician spends more time helping a patient who has a stronger chance of living, it gives the patient much needed attention and resources from medical professionals to continue to reach towards living. The legalization of physician-assisted suicide has been benefits that would help everyone involved in the process of treating the terminally ill.
Throughout the United States many terminally ill patients are beginning to find a new option in physician-assisted suicide. The legalization of physician-assisted suicide could be helpful to terminally ill patients in several ways. For many patients attempting suicide could not only dangerous and extremely painful, but attempting suicide on their own could end in failure. If a person fails in