Euthanasia And Physician Assisted Suicide Case Study

Place yourself in the shoes of Joseph and Joyce Cruzan, your daughter (Nancy Cruzan) has been in an accident was declared dead only to be relieved that she would be in a “vegetable” state on life support for seven years. How could the parents of Nancy Cruzan come to grips with the choice of ending her life, after all Nancy had said that if she was to be found in that state that should would prefer the right to die. Not only being anguished with making the decision of going to end their daughter’s life, but being denied by the hospital prompted the Cruzan’s to debate in court. Several emotional cases such as the “Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health” have prompted the Right to die clause stating that an individual should be able …show more content…
Lee Johnson, a furniture maker developed brain cancer and was diagnosed as terminally ill at the age of 66. As an attempt to prolong Johnson’s life he received radiation and chemotherapy treatment (Karaim). Toiling his days along with treatment “his condition deteriorated and he became bedridden, with blurred vision, sores and pain” (Karaim). The staggering amount of agony in his life was far beyond what any person should feel in life. For this purpose, Johnson effectively took advantage of his right to euthanasia by dying in 2011 through a dose of lethal pills prescribed by a doctor (Karaim). To conclude Johnson’s life set an example of anguish such that “[the] longer the life expectancy the greater the suffering” (“What”). In summary euthanasia assisted Johnson in ending his personal pain, but also allowed closure for the family and friends of Johnson. Knowing day after day that a loved one is only struggling to breathe and merely exist is a terrible thought that clouds those who are vicariously affected by terminal illness. Many individuals have to struggle when being diagnosed as terminally ill, and find assistance hard to seek in life to end the