Voluntary euthanasia

Whose Life Is It Anyway? An Oregon woman by the name of Helen, diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, was troubled by the thought of her future, which would eventually require feeding tubes and palliative care. Rather than accepting the terms of her fate, Helen sought a physician to prescribe medication to help ease her suffering and end her life. The two primary physicians’ that evaluated Helen for consideration of physician-assisted suicide provided two different sets of opinions— one had…

live and not to be killed unjustly. The acknowledgement of this common belief leads to another moral principle, which is a belief that human being has the right to die, in another word that a human being is eligible to commit suicide or willingly euthanasia. The right to die should be allowed for the reason that it states the right as human beings who should be respected when he chooses to die to end the unbearable physical and mantle pain. Under the circumstance, that the action of choosing to…

Medical arguments against assisted dying include the possibility of misdiagnosis, the potential availability of new treatments, and conflict with the physician’s role as a healer. Farr Curlin’s study shows 69 percent of U.S. physicians are against physician assisted suicide (Curlin). In an article “Why Physicians Should Oppose Assisted Suicide” Tony Yang says “…with physician-assisted-suicide, the physician is to disregard what is perhaps the most universal moral injunction – do not kill…” Yang…

legalizing it, assisted suicide will become inappropriately common. Some patients, who do not have enough access to care and support may be forced to go through this step. Investigations in Netherlands have shown that the informal policy of voluntary euthanasia in the country leads to involuntary acts constantly. Some others may be encouraged to do it against their will because of their health care expenses. The majority of the patients’ families face economic problems, and assisted suicide can…

practice. Whereas in the US, merely five states- CA, OR, VT, WA and MT- allow assisted suicide. One need to make careful consideration and listen to each side of the argument before making a decision on a life or death matters. In "In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia", Sidney Hook is pro assisted suicide due to his suffering health history. He argues that he do not have to suffer more if he believes he has had enough. He also believes it is burdensome for the friends and family to live through…

The Hemlock Society was founded by Derek Humphry in 1980, Mr. Humphry had chosen hemlock as symbolic of voluntary suicide. Mr. Humphry had written a book about helping his wife Jean die which was titled “Jeans Way” It was through his first wife’s experience that Mr. Humphry decided to found a society that would advocate for euthanasia for terminally ill patients. According to information from the Secretary of State of California website the Hemlock Society is not listed…

After living through everything life has thrown at him, a man is diagnosed with stage four brain cancer. He only has months left to live. Although those months will be filled with constant agony, he must suffer through them. His family must suffer through it. Instead of welcoming the end of life in peace, he will be immobile and uncommunicative. It will be a terrible process leaving everyone involved distressed. Physician assisted suicide is when a doctor helps end the patient's life. It…

Imagine that you get a phone call at seven one morning from the nursing home saying that your great grandmother, grandma, or mom, was going to be passing away within a few hours. You sit there with her and see how much pain she looks like she is in. Three hours pass, and nothing has changed except that her breathing starts to stop every now and then. The staff gives her morphine periodically to help ease the pain, but you can tell that she is still in pain. The thought crosses your mind that if…

What role does an individual play in his or her own death? Assisted suicide is used when requested by patient who is potentially on the verge of dying, where a physician must decide to write them a prescription to a drug that will end the patient’s life or they could deny their request and pass it on to colleagues who are willing to help. Many people, including doctors, have come across the question of whether assisted suicide should be allowed because of moral issues concerning the ending of…

The controversy of assisted suicide has taken a huge effect on our society; that has not always been legal in the United States until now with six states allowing it. Assisted suicide should be legalized in the United States because it offers terminally ill patients the right to end their life of treatments and allows them death with dignity, financial motivation under healthcare to kill themselves is a cheaper alternative to medical treatment, and alleviate the pain with families pain and…