They sit there hopeless, wishing there was a way out. Many terminally ill people are suffering everyday. While some people agree with legalizing physician assisted suicide, many others also disagree. Physician assisted suicide should be legalized because it helps people stop suffering and pass comfortably. In an article titled "Why I Believe in Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide", Humphry states that "there is a second form of suicide-justifiable suicide, which is rational and planned deliverance from a painful and hopeless disease" (Humphry), implying that people suffer everyday from terminal illnesses which cases them to think that life if no longer worth living. This confirms that people no longer have a good quality of life. While
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In an article titled "Should Physician Assisted Suicide Be Legal?", the author states that "If [PAS is] legalized, the fear is that the doctors ' traditional role as healers is confused-patients will ask 'Are they here to heal me or kill me? ' says Daniel Chan." (Au), revealing that patients will become concerned about whether or not their doctor has their best interest at heart. People fear that patients will no longer trust their doctors enough to make substantial decisions for them. In a quote found in the article "Why I Believe in Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide" the author states that "If help in dying is restricted to those who can take oral fluid, then a great many patients who need help are sidelined" (Humphry), confessing that physician assisted suicide is not beneficial to all patients. Patients can not help which surgeries they have to undergo and they can not help what limitations the surgeries put on them. Therefore, patients should not be denied to end there suffering because of something that is out of their control. Many people have the argument of saying that if physician assisted suicide is going to be legalized, then doctors should be able to ensure that all patients will be able to utilize this option. At the same time, people have the viewpoint of if the option is too easily accessible, then patients will use it before they have reached the point of being terminally ill. Found in another article titled "Why Assisted Suicide Must Not Be Legalized" Gold states that "If the doctor does not realize that ambivalence as well as anxiety and depression underlie the patient
In an article titled "Should Physician Assisted Suicide Be Legal?", the author states that "If [PAS is] legalized, the fear is that the doctors ' traditional role as healers is confused-patients will ask 'Are they here to heal me or kill me? ' says Daniel Chan." (Au), revealing that patients will become concerned about whether or not their doctor has their best interest at heart. People fear that patients will no longer trust their doctors enough to make substantial decisions for them. In a quote found in the article "Why I Believe in Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide" the author states that "If help in dying is restricted to those who can take oral fluid, then a great many patients who need help are sidelined" (Humphry), confessing that physician assisted suicide is not beneficial to all patients. Patients can not help which surgeries they have to undergo and they can not help what limitations the surgeries put on them. Therefore, patients should not be denied to end there suffering because of something that is out of their control. Many people have the argument of saying that if physician assisted suicide is going to be legalized, then doctors should be able to ensure that all patients will be able to utilize this option. At the same time, people have the viewpoint of if the option is too easily accessible, then patients will use it before they have reached the point of being terminally ill. Found in another article titled "Why Assisted Suicide Must Not Be Legalized" Gold states that "If the doctor does not realize that ambivalence as well as anxiety and depression underlie the patient