The video “Moyers on Dying, Program 3- A Death of One’s Own,” discusses various perspectives on fear of death among terminally ill people as well as their family members. The video focuses on the Zen Hospice Project, which provides hospice care to people dying of cancer, AIDS, and other serious illness. The primary goal of this project includes fostering more transformative approaches to end-of life issues. The project follows the principle that death is a time for important psychological, emotional, and spiritual transition. Mostly, evidence presented in the video contains personal stories and emotional appeals from volunteers as well as family members of dying patients. One of the volunteers, Alicia, says, “The hospice work teaches sort of
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Taking someone’s life requires justification which involves personal as well as social concerns. The federal government does not have any law on assisted suicide. Currently, four states in the US legalized physician assisted suicide, and one state is in the process of legalizing, while forty five states consider assisted suicide illegal (State by State Guide, 2015). Moreover, it might be difficult to distinguish the assisted suicide from murder, even in the legalized …show more content…
First, ethical concern consists of decision making ability of an individual while deciding to commit suicide with a physician’s help. Most of the people experience severe pain and deal with difficult circumstances when they come to the stage of accepting assisted suicide. The second concern is that assisted suicide may be imposed on disabled or ill people who do not have economic and emotional supports. Third concern is that physicians and care providers might experience a conflict of interests, since they are expected to heal patients instead of ending patient’s life. Another ethical concern might be about responsibility of health care provider, as physicians are expected to follow “no harm” principle. Some argue that allowing physician assisted suicide let people practice their individual rights, and it also provides autonomy to individuals. Whereas, some people believe that assisted suicide will impose the death to poor, disabled, and ill people without giving them an
Taking someone’s life requires justification which involves personal as well as social concerns. The federal government does not have any law on assisted suicide. Currently, four states in the US legalized physician assisted suicide, and one state is in the process of legalizing, while forty five states consider assisted suicide illegal (State by State Guide, 2015). Moreover, it might be difficult to distinguish the assisted suicide from murder, even in the legalized …show more content…
First, ethical concern consists of decision making ability of an individual while deciding to commit suicide with a physician’s help. Most of the people experience severe pain and deal with difficult circumstances when they come to the stage of accepting assisted suicide. The second concern is that assisted suicide may be imposed on disabled or ill people who do not have economic and emotional supports. Third concern is that physicians and care providers might experience a conflict of interests, since they are expected to heal patients instead of ending patient’s life. Another ethical concern might be about responsibility of health care provider, as physicians are expected to follow “no harm” principle. Some argue that allowing physician assisted suicide let people practice their individual rights, and it also provides autonomy to individuals. Whereas, some people believe that assisted suicide will impose the death to poor, disabled, and ill people without giving them an