Why Do People Choose Physician Assisted Suicide?

Do people choose to live because they have a good life, their needs are met, or they are satisfied and content. The question about what is a good life is altered due a controversial topic in the medical field, physician-assisted suicide. Physician-assisted suicide is becoming a common decision and argument among multiple professionals in the medical field. Physician-assisted suicide is a strong controversial topic in the medical field amongst educated professional doctors, nurses, and medical teams, some doctors provide this procedure due to the patients physical and mental state, but some do not believe in performing the procedure because of religious views and the unethical standpoint, and personally I stand with the doctors who choose not to perform physician-assisted suicide. Background knowledge and understanding the procedure is essential when taking into consideration the circumstances of this intense procedure. In the United States physician-assisted suicide is legal in five states, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, California, and Montana. Montana is only allowed via the court decision (Physician-Assisted). In March of 1998, the first legal physician-assisted suicide was performed on Oregon when a …show more content…
Ending one’s own life is strictly dependent on their decisions and their beliefs. Suffering and agony are acceptable situations where doctors feel it is necessary to preform a procedure such a physician-assisted suicide (Gupta). Dr. Samir Gupta, a medical doctor, states that his views have change over the year while watching patients suffer. He believes it is okay to perform physician-assisted death because of sympathy and empathy (Gupta). Coming from the patient’s standpoint it is ultimately their decision and no one else knows what they are going through is what makes it acceptable (Gupta). A family struggling with grief and anxiety watching their loved one suffer can be