Brittany Donnelly English 1A
Tim Sowles
18 May 2016
The Slip n’ Slide of PAS
Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) is the act of intentionally providing an individual with the means to die. The act is executed by a doctor either by performing the act or by counselling an individual about drugs that can assist in making the process achievable. In most countries PAS is surrounded by a lot of controversies hence making it illegal. In America, PAS has contributed much in the history of medicine and most specifically the evolution of euthanasia. PAS is controversial because it defies the principles of natural death. Moreover, there are various circumstances surrounding PAS that do not warrant for the process to be carried out. These controversies are …show more content…
An Act that supports PAS was effected in 2002 with lethal injection being the most widely used method in this country (Saunders & Fragoso 4). Conditions that lead to assisted suicide in Netherlands are painful non-terminal illness, blindness, and tinnitus (Emanuel 146–148). Since 2002 when Pas was legalized, assisted suicide has led to the killing of deformed babies with the view that they are being shown mercy. Mentally ill people have also committed suicide rather than seek medical treatment. Due to this, there are limits that must be considered when conducting euthanasia but still some doctor’s conduct euthanasia in unethical ways (Widdershoven 4). These disparities are also being experienced in Canada where the laws allow citizens to make the decision of refusing treatment (Butler 7). Based on this argument, there is absolutely no reason why an individual would choose to believe that the United States would be any different if it decided to implement such laws. After analyzing prior outcomes, it is evident that controlling PAS to ensure it does not exceed certain limits is a difficult task. The argument is a clear indication that horrible slope outcomes are likely to be experienced if PAS is legalized. Policy makers’ failure to control euthanasia and PAS does not exempt any other strategy that will be adopted from failing to exhibit negative outcomes. What is required is the …show more content…
However, the factors are morally inappropriate. Understanding such factors would first require an elaborate definition of the different forms of euthanasia. The first form is voluntary euthanasia where patients have the liberty to give consent on the action. Laws that have legalized this form demand that it be conducted only under specific
Tim Sowles
18 May 2016
The Slip n’ Slide of PAS
Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) is the act of intentionally providing an individual with the means to die. The act is executed by a doctor either by performing the act or by counselling an individual about drugs that can assist in making the process achievable. In most countries PAS is surrounded by a lot of controversies hence making it illegal. In America, PAS has contributed much in the history of medicine and most specifically the evolution of euthanasia. PAS is controversial because it defies the principles of natural death. Moreover, there are various circumstances surrounding PAS that do not warrant for the process to be carried out. These controversies are …show more content…
An Act that supports PAS was effected in 2002 with lethal injection being the most widely used method in this country (Saunders & Fragoso 4). Conditions that lead to assisted suicide in Netherlands are painful non-terminal illness, blindness, and tinnitus (Emanuel 146–148). Since 2002 when Pas was legalized, assisted suicide has led to the killing of deformed babies with the view that they are being shown mercy. Mentally ill people have also committed suicide rather than seek medical treatment. Due to this, there are limits that must be considered when conducting euthanasia but still some doctor’s conduct euthanasia in unethical ways (Widdershoven 4). These disparities are also being experienced in Canada where the laws allow citizens to make the decision of refusing treatment (Butler 7). Based on this argument, there is absolutely no reason why an individual would choose to believe that the United States would be any different if it decided to implement such laws. After analyzing prior outcomes, it is evident that controlling PAS to ensure it does not exceed certain limits is a difficult task. The argument is a clear indication that horrible slope outcomes are likely to be experienced if PAS is legalized. Policy makers’ failure to control euthanasia and PAS does not exempt any other strategy that will be adopted from failing to exhibit negative outcomes. What is required is the …show more content…
However, the factors are morally inappropriate. Understanding such factors would first require an elaborate definition of the different forms of euthanasia. The first form is voluntary euthanasia where patients have the liberty to give consent on the action. Laws that have legalized this form demand that it be conducted only under specific