Bedridden and in the hospital because of his advanced, incurable lung cancer,
Ralph, age 57 wants to discuss his options with his family. After much disagreement,
Ralph comes to the conclusion that he is ready to end his despair and stop his suffering.
Ralph, like thousands of other terminally ill patients, should have the option to choose death with the use of physician assisted suicide because the patient should be entitled to choose what happens to them, they should be relieved from suffering if that is what they wish, and because more than likely their chances of survival are slim.
Physicianassisted
suicide is legal in four U.S states: Oregon, Washington,
Montana, and Vermont. Physicians choose their profession to heal their fellow human beings and alleviate …show more content…
How is it possible when the patient is in such a fragile state to determine the difference between physicianassisted suicide, and not a physicianassisted homicide? That is one of the biggest arguments against physicianassisted suicide. However, if assisted suicide to end pain and suffering is the person’s direct wish anyway, then the family member’s gain would only come sooner than later. The loved one would still get his or her “good death”, and assets would then be distributed to the remaining of the family per the last will and testament. Everyone concerned could still get what they want.
Life should be protected, but when we know with certainty that our lives will soon be over, we should also have the right to decide on a humane, painfree death for ourselves because it is our bodies we should get to choose what happens to them, they should be relieved of suffering if that is what they want, and because maybe that persons chances of survival are slim.. Given the choice of severe pain and prolonged suffering or a gentle, tender death, most would choose death. That should be a personal choice and a basic human
Ralph, age 57 wants to discuss his options with his family. After much disagreement,
Ralph comes to the conclusion that he is ready to end his despair and stop his suffering.
Ralph, like thousands of other terminally ill patients, should have the option to choose death with the use of physician assisted suicide because the patient should be entitled to choose what happens to them, they should be relieved from suffering if that is what they wish, and because more than likely their chances of survival are slim.
Physicianassisted
suicide is legal in four U.S states: Oregon, Washington,
Montana, and Vermont. Physicians choose their profession to heal their fellow human beings and alleviate …show more content…
How is it possible when the patient is in such a fragile state to determine the difference between physicianassisted suicide, and not a physicianassisted homicide? That is one of the biggest arguments against physicianassisted suicide. However, if assisted suicide to end pain and suffering is the person’s direct wish anyway, then the family member’s gain would only come sooner than later. The loved one would still get his or her “good death”, and assets would then be distributed to the remaining of the family per the last will and testament. Everyone concerned could still get what they want.
Life should be protected, but when we know with certainty that our lives will soon be over, we should also have the right to decide on a humane, painfree death for ourselves because it is our bodies we should get to choose what happens to them, they should be relieved of suffering if that is what they want, and because maybe that persons chances of survival are slim.. Given the choice of severe pain and prolonged suffering or a gentle, tender death, most would choose death. That should be a personal choice and a basic human