Suicide note

yourself? “Assisted suicide is a controversial medical and ethical issue based on the question of whether, in certain situations, medical practitioners should be allowed to help patients actively determine the time and circumstances of their death” (Lee, Stingle). I support assisted suicide because it stops suffering, it is humane, the grief period is shortened, and the cost to the family will decrease. All of these reasons and more are reasons why I support assisted suicide. Suicide alone I…

Kane uses humour and grotesque beauty in 4.48 Psychosis to convey a fierce criticism against the failures of the Western medical model. Basing the play in an imaginary almost limbo-like world, Kane does not use theatrical devices of plot and setting, despite visually depicting a mind/ body split in both text and performance. Instead, she delivers prolific fierce dialogue against the medical treatment of mental illnesses, exposing what it means to be mentally ill and how compassion and…

colleagues expected to find a correlation between homosexuality and suicide risks for adolescents (Remafedi). Researchers have tried to explain the increasing suicide rate for many years. The recent rise in suicide rates among bisexual and homosexual teenagers has created much controversy. Among the LGBT community some people feel there is no bearing on sexual orientation and suicide risk, while others argue it is a big part of the rising suicide rates. The present study included 131 males…

in a way that each section had their own “solo” because they were so distinct. Claude Debussy was first a pianist, so he spent the most amount of time on making unconventional uses of the piano. He stated that the notes, such as eighth and quarter notes, were an illusion of a whole note. He began to compose music with this mindset, creating some of the best piano works ever created.…

methods of committing suicide and they all had very different meanings for each. A few of the very common suicides would be death by poison like the death of Cleopatra, death by sword such as Antigone, death by hanging which was extremely dishonorable, death by setting themselves on fire, and several others. During this time period there were not as many suicides that were committed such as the ones people do in today’s time period. There are various reasons for the many suicides. The main…

The Cultural Meaning of Suicide: What Does That Mean addresses the differences in a culture view on suicide. Suicide is viewed as a worldwide phenomenon and that one culture view on suicide behavior can be interchangeable with another’s. For instance, martyrs and suicides could be the same the only difference is the perspective of the individual viewing the act. As suicide bombers are martyrs in many Muslim nations instead of what the name suggests. There needs to be more research into the view…

Permissibility of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Prior to investigating the moral implications of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, the definitions of both must be established in order to wholly understand exactly why euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are morally acceptable in some cases. For our purposes, euthanasia is the act or practice of killing or allowing someone to die on grounds of mercy. Physician-assisted suicide in this paper will be defined as a physician…

The book, Suicide: A Study in Sociology by Emile Durkheim (1898), examines the likelihood of someone committing suicide based on the different levels of regulation and integration of an individual to society. Therefore, the different sections of this essay will not only examine one of Durkheim’s four different types of suicide, but will also seek to provide modern day examples of each of the different the types. Along with that, it will seek to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Durkheim’s…

Teen suicide is a topic that has not been discussed heavily in popular media or entertainment shows. Until recently with the launch of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, much of the early research has focused more on the media’s portrayal of suicide, imitation of fictional media, the impact of media coverage on suicide, etc. For example, Pirkis and Blood (2001) and Gould (2001) highlight that in 1774, Goethe published Sorrows of Young Werther, in which the hero of the novel shoots himself…

However, if we were to trust these autopsy reports and Marilyn Monroe died from drug overdose of sleeping pills, did she commit suicide? Here’s some perspective: being a Hollywood star is not always the glamorous life that we, the general public, believe it to be. At the end of the day, Marilyn Monroe was human with her own tragic, internal struggles. She would wake up and lay in bed for a few minutes, maybe hours, just contemplating whether if it was even worth the effort of getting out of bed.…