Physician Assisted Suicide

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Julie and her husband got in a car accident and were rushed to the hospital. Julie’s husband is fine and only has a few scratches, but says that he is concerned because his wife fell asleep behind the wheel. Their doctors run a few tests on her to see what is wrong and find a brain tumor that cannot be removed. They also found out that she didn’t fall asleep behind the wheel, instead she had a seizure. They give her only weeks to live. In the weeks to come, Julie will lose all function in her arms and legs, lose control of her bowel and bladder, have more seizures, start drooling because of the pain medication, lose the ability to talk and feed herself, loose her memories and personality, and the person Julie’s husband loves and …show more content…

Physician assisted suicide ends the pain and suffering of an ill patient/family member. In most cases, when this procedure is used death has already been admitted as inevitable. Euthanasia terminology is a complicated procedure because of the multiple different options to have it injected. To be able to participate in euthanasia treatments and assisted suicides, the patient has to participate in a questionnaire and a statistical analysis to ensure that the patient has no other options and is mentally fit for this procedure. (Levy, Azar, Huberfeld, Siegel, Strous) Physician-assisted suicide is one of the biggest issues in the medical field. The Hippocratic Oath states “I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect.” This quote was one of the founding rules of western medicine. This rule originated in Greece because of their ancient promises to their gods of medicine and health. People believe that this procedure is against the oath. Physician-assisted suicide breaks the rule that physicians have been formed …show more content…

He believes that the procedure goes against all of his spiritual beliefs. (Reilly) Over 9,000 people have read the article “30 Logical reasons Against Assisted Suicide” by Jane St. Clair. Jane tells us that she believes that there is always a possibility to get better. She says that it is selfish for a patient to medically commit suicide because of their relationships with other people. Doctors can make mistakes. She completely disagrees with the suicide policies and in no way supports it. There are other ways to help a terminally ill patient other than suicide. If suicide laws are passed, she believes research on cures will halt unless the patient stresses to find a cure and will stop the positive advancement of medicine. (St

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