Physician Assisted Suicide Research Paper

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Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a very tough topic to assess in the medical field. This form of so-called treatment is performed all around the world. The physician can prescribe a medication to a patient of a dosage that would end up taking their life. It is completely up to the patient to do the rest. It is not legal in the state of Alabama and not really anywhere other than a handful of places. There are a lot of different views on this topic, why or why not it should be legalized. Some people believe that this act should be a felony. I, on the other hand, believe that if a patient wants an out of all their pain and suffering then they should be allowed to have the right to do so.
Some of the patients that will consider this method are terminal. That includes cancer and dementia along with other illnesses. These patients are very ill and have weighed out all other options. Some may think that that this method is selfish for the family members but what would that family really be going through if that said patient did not do the physician-assisted suicide? Families would be watching their loved one waste away in a hospital bed with a huge hospital bill to pay …show more content…

In the end, cancer is not curable. Chemo is very hard on a person’s body I know from experience. If the patient is on chemo for a long period of time organs can eventually shut down. So, therefore, if cancer does not end up killing the individual then the chemo will. Some cancer patients do not even have the choice of receiving chemotherapy. When this choice is not an option anymore it is because cancer has developed and has spread all over the body. When this has happened the patient is usually given a timeline of how long they have to live. This is why (PAS) would be a reasonable option for them. They know they are going to die and instead of those last excruciating months of being sick they would go in peace before it got unbearable for

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