Jennifer Cowart was thirty-two when she was in a go-kart accident in Pensacola Beach, Florida. Jennifer’s go-kart bumped into one of the guardrails, flipped on its side, and burst into flames. She was trapped in the go-kart. Her brother tried to run into the flames to save his sister, but the fire was too intense. After two minutes, Jennifer’s seat belt burned through and she fell to the ground. She was still alive, but was feeling the worst pain imaginable since she had suffered 3rd and 4th degree burns that covered 95% of her body. Jennifer begged the EMTs to let her die, but instead she was flown to a burn center and stayed there for one year until she died from infection.
Medical personnel described Jennifer’s pain as the most agonizing physical pain they had ever witnessed. And since permanently sedating her …show more content…
Although most doctors do not take this version of The Oath, it states rather clearly, “I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan.” The argument over a person’s right to die usually centers around cases of patients with painful, terminal illnesses, who are suffering too much and do not want to continue living. The idea that it should be illegal to help someone commit suicide is often attributed to the Biblical Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Despite this, many societies have allowed physician-assisted suicide in recent years. The Netherlands and Switzerland have legalized the act, allowing patients, like Craig Ewert, in The Suicide Tourist, to travel to these countries to end their lives. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the right to physician-assisted suicide cases should be left up to the states. They had previously ruled in 1997 that Americans do not have a Constitutional right to doctor-assisted
Medical personnel described Jennifer’s pain as the most agonizing physical pain they had ever witnessed. And since permanently sedating her …show more content…
Although most doctors do not take this version of The Oath, it states rather clearly, “I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan.” The argument over a person’s right to die usually centers around cases of patients with painful, terminal illnesses, who are suffering too much and do not want to continue living. The idea that it should be illegal to help someone commit suicide is often attributed to the Biblical Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Despite this, many societies have allowed physician-assisted suicide in recent years. The Netherlands and Switzerland have legalized the act, allowing patients, like Craig Ewert, in The Suicide Tourist, to travel to these countries to end their lives. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the right to physician-assisted suicide cases should be left up to the states. They had previously ruled in 1997 that Americans do not have a Constitutional right to doctor-assisted