The Terminal

Doctor assisted suicide provides guidance to patients who wish to end their life, from their darkest and desperate moments suffering a terminal illness or excruciating pain. Allowing doctors to have the power to perform this act and help assist in one’s suicide should be legalized. What if our society and our legislation system could help, what if they could offer a third party, when patients no longer have the strength to fight anymore. Medical technology has advanced throughout the years,…

Euthanasia, also known as physician assisted suicide, is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or irreversible coma. The term euthanasia comes from the Greek words, “eu” meaning good and “thanatosis” meaning death, which forms “Good Death”. Euthanasia’s first recorded use was by a Roman historian, Suetonius. It was used to describe the death of Augustus Caesar. Easy death has been applied to hopeless patients who have been suffering extreme pain.…

dignity because his or her abilities are increasingly limited as illness takes over. Having control over his or her own death is a way to take their dignity and independence back. Even ignoring the loss of dignity and independence, illness, especially terminal illness, is terrifying and traumatic. Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old women with brain cancer who opted to take advantage of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act in 2014, discussed having lost her ability to speak for a few hours after two…

Course Concepts Illustrated in ‘Wit’ Wit is a film narrated by a terminal cancer patient, about her experiences. There are many viewpoints and themes represented in the film. The ones I will talk about here are the different attitudes and views towards death and sickness presented by various characters in the story. The opening scene is the main character, Vivian, discussing her diagnosis and possible participation in a research study with Dr. Kelekian. Right away, the impression…

Paul D’Alton comments that terminal diseases causes the “...veil of certainty and the illusion of permanence...” that one grows accustomed to suddenly vanish. (D’Alton) In this case, Kalanithi’s job and possible future was abruptly stripped away, leaving him feeling empty. He no longer was he the “...pastoral image aiding a life in transition...” but felt more related more to a “...sheep, lost and confused.” (Kalanithi 120) For anyone, being diagnosed with a terminal cancer is devastating enough…

acceptance. This practice of “treating” family members of cancer patients is not a practice which solely Groopman usess— terminal illnesses take a huge toll on both the patient and their family, requiring constant support and consultation from the doctors. The role of the doctor in this situation becomes one of both a source of comfort and a reality check, especially in terminal pediatric patients’ cases, like Matt. In the end, Groopman’s role for Billy transitions from that of a doctor to…

There are a few final considerations to examine for the setup of the WAN and LAN networks that will be running through all Kudler locations. Here we will discuss the software and hardware needed for security and functionality of the network at each location. Firewalls Any connection to the internet has some risk of attack from external sources, which means our proposed setup introduces this risk at each Kudler location. To mitigate this risk, we can use a combination of software and hardware…

Melinda Sordino, she is emotional and can only show her feelings with her body language by biting her hands and lips. Which shows why she is emotional and depressed. Morrie Schwartz from Tuesdays with Morrie was a school teacher that developed a terminal disease called ALS at the age of 80. Morrie was a Professor of Sociology and had started to “document” what he was going through mentally while he was dying. These characters in both of these books are very different and show different outlooks…

the right to be removed from life support if he or she chooses. All of the approval facts that proponents have provided show that opponents have to revise their point of view about this issue. Doctor-assisted suicide is a chance to help people with terminal diseases stop suffering and die near their relatives and friends in their native…

need to identify the grieving process and know that a person can regress to any of these stages of development. With the understanding of growth and development it allows me to engage in a therapeutic relationship with the individual who has this terminal illness and to approach the difficult behaviors, rather than reacting to it (Czuchta Romano, Donna M.). Therapeutic communication allows the patient feel comfortable during the hospital stay. It allows the nurse to show empathy instead of…