The Terminal

As described earlier, advanced cases of AIDS, cancer and certain terminal illnesses are usually painful and enduring. The patients who are suffering from these illnesses can only survive for a long time due to the use of advanced treatment but often times the treatments themselves can be crippling. The point being made…

Artificial nutrition and hydration should not be used for end of life patients because intravenous hydration can have a negative impact on the quality of their life. According to RJ Ackermann, M.D (Medical Doctor), “There is always a risk when someone is fed through a tube. Liquid might enter the lungs. This can cause coughing and pneumonia… They can become plugged up, causing pain, nausea and vomiting” (Artificial Hydration and Nutrition par. 19). This quote shows that it is risky to use a…

assisted suicide such as the sanctity of life and receiving high-quality palliative care that make the topic argumentative. Death with Dignity should be legalized in more states to help those who are suffering, those who can no longer go on with the terminal illness they are fighting, and to end their long lasting hospital bills. Many patients who seek this should not have to change residences, especially since it causes more out-of-pocket…

fiercely agree with this statement, it would be unreasonable not to reconsider and evaluate a centuries-old perception on physician-assisted suicide. Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) calls for physicians to prescribe lethal medication to patients with terminal illnesses who desire to end their lives. Although the debate over the legalization and morality of PAS is thousands of years old, in the past fifty years the issue has been put under the spotlight with the legalization of the practice in…

dignity in Portland, Oregon surrounded by her loved ones in her home. Suffering from a terminal brain tumor, stage 4 glioblastoma, Maynard chose to live out her final months…

Population Across the United States, thousands of patients are diagnosed with a terminal illness and given a prognosis of less than six months to live. In 2015, it is projected by the American Cancer Society, that about 600,000 people will die from cancer (ACS, 2015). The term terminal illness refers to a disease, infection, or illness that is incurable resulting in death. Residents of California who are facing terminal diseases do not have the option to end their lives when they decide it is…

decisions. Those who are opposed to the legalization of PAS suggest that “proper” palliative care makes PAS unnecessary (al-Awamer, 1039-40). But palliative care can only do so much. It involves the treatment of symptoms and pain associated with a terminal illness to make an end of life more comfortable. Data from the Washington and Oregon death and dignity programs shows that 90% of patients are choosing PAS because they are afraid of loss of autonomy, 70% want to keep their dignity, and 52%…

This paper seeks to determine whether it is morally sound to exclude alcoholics from the transplant waiting list or if alcoholics should be placed in a lower slot on the list. One side argues that alcoholics should get equal access to new livers and that all should be placed on the waiting list regardless of the reason that they are in need of a new liver. The other side believes in what is known as maximum benefit, or the idea that alcoholics should not be excluded from the list, but should be…

what you want in life like pursuing your dream career, getting married, or simple choices like cutting your hair short and dying it; is what gives you the power to take control over your life. So what would happen when your body is conquered by a terminal illness and all you could do is wait until the day your body gives up for complete because the government said it is forbidden to take your own life? Once that power is taken away from you, you become enslaved in your own self-destructive body.…

If you or a loved one were suffering from a terminal illness or extreme accident would you not want you/that person to suffer anymore? Assisted Suicide is the act of helping with someone’s death with their permission in the matter. This is often misinterpreted as murder, even though the “victim” of the assisted suicide gave full permission to the “offender” in some form. Often times the “offender” is sentenced to twenty-five to life in prison due to it being tried as a murder charge. The ending…