Mental Health And Euthanasia

In the past, societies worldwide have talked about the ethical values in the caring of people with special needs. Before the year 1800, people believe that if someone had a mental illness then they were possessed by Satan or evil spirits. During the 1900s-early 2000s, people starting changing their religious beliefs to more scientific beliefs, like genetics and DNA. Persons deemed genetically unfit were now housed in asylums; as this population grew due to mass immigration and the belief that those inflicted with mental illness were considered incurable, they were thrown into large, impersonal, custodial oriented human warehouses (Morrissey, Goldman, and Kierman, 1980, p.2). After that, there world wars that happened. Then, Germans social

A lot of people commit suicide every day, for many different reasons. A lot of the time, the person that commits suicide goes unnoticed, and could have a mental disorder. In an article called “Mental Health and Euthanasia” it states that, 93-94% of the people that commit suicide have a mental disorder, 47% have schizophrenia, 25% are alcoholics, 15% have psychiatric disorders, and 4% have organic brain syndrome. Out of all the reasons for suicide, doctors and family member will bypass most of them. Doctors and family members might see that someone is having suicidal thought and will ignore them because they think nothing of it, they shouldn’t be ignored. “So many suicide attempters are actually unsure about death and are really just looking for someone who cares” (Mental Health and Euthanasia). This proves that doctors and family member are thinking lightly of the situation because the suicide attempter wants the attention that they are not getting. Sometimes suicide attempters do not even want to die, they want to ease their pain or get the attention they were looking for. The way this is a form a euthanasia is because the doctors and family members because the doctors deny helping the patient and the family members deny helping because they think lightly of it. Suicides are rising dramtically and it needs to be

He was in a car accident, and was unconscious for three days from it. Once he woke up, his fever sky rocketed and he was sent to the ER. The doctor that was called to take care of Christopher denied his helping because he thought Christopher was a goner. The family argued so much that the doctor finally tried to treat Christopher. The only reaon he started treated Christopher is because he did not want to be sent to jail. He then saved Christopher, even though he did not think he could. This is a great example of why it should be mandatory that doctors at least try to save someone. Doctors should feel honored that they are called upon to try to save someone’s life.
Going into the 2000s, scientist still question human life and survival. People with mental illnesses should not be treated differently or badly. They are humans even though some people think horses and dogs are more human than them. How important their life is should not be judged by anyone else but themselves. If Euthanasia becomes legal, then doctors and family members will make the biggest decisions of their lives. People need to stop getting told how useless they are and how they are a waste of oxygen. Everyone deserves a chance to