Question

In one or two paragraphs, write about (End of Life, the medical issue is physician-assisted suicide), explaining why you have chosen this medical ethics issue to research, what interesting about it, what's important to now about physician-assisted suicide, all you can say about this medical ethics as an introduction.

Answer 1

Ans) Physician Assisted Suicide Beginning in the 1970s, terminally ill patients were given the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment to end their own life, a process commonly referred to as euthanasia.

- They would be taken off life support, and death would be allowed to take its natural course.

- This idea was controversial at first, but now a bigger issue has taken its place. Many patients claim that they reserve the right to physician assisted suicide—killing oneself with means provided by the physician.

- Assisted suicide has been deemed a criminal offense by most of the United States; however, four states have now accepted the policy.

- The Death with Dignity Act, as it was called, originated in Oregon in 1994, and it has since been spread to Vermont, Washington, and California.

- The controversy over the legalization of this issue has been getting increasingly more prevalent. Advocates of physician assisted suicide believe that it is the patient 's right to end their own life.

- It would permanently end their suffering, and would allow them to have peace of mind in their death. These people point to the Death with Dignity Act in Oregon, claiming it as proof that the legalization of assisted suicide can and will work.

- On the other hand, we can see many flaws in the process. In addition to saying that it is unethical, many Americans argue that this kind of law will be abused.

- Legalizing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, we would provide “vulnerable” patients with better overall protection and health care, give patients (who are excruciatingly suffering and have no chance of recovery) the option to end their lives before they ever needed to go through such an ordeal and giving them peace of mind, and spare the families of the patients the emotional pain of watching their loved one slowly and painfully passing away.

- For these reasons, I believe that euthanasia and Physician-Assisted is a better option.