In Oregon there is an exception that allows terminally ill patients in intractable pain to get a lethal prescription from their physician. ... Again this should be the patients choice not the governments. ... This is an argument in favor of strict controls to confirm a patient is "of sound mind." ... Should the state have the right to deny terminally ill patients in excruciating pain their wish of Euthanasia? ... In conclusion I feel that euthanasia should be legal to terminally ill patients and those in intractable pain. ...

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It creates conspicuous moral dangers for both the doctors and the patients. ... According to them, the terminally ill have the right to die when they want to, not when they have to. ... You cannot really treat the patients' decision to end their lives as an act of free will since the terminally ill often suffer from depression or a false sense of worthlessness, which may affect their judgment. ... In such circumstances, it is impossible to talk about the patients' autonomy. ... Those who advocate it, endeavor to persuade us it is the only reasonable solution for the terminally ill....

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Doctors will not inspire trust unless patients are confident that doctors are for no reasons disposed to kill them; and have no inclinations to ask whether a patient is worth caring for or treating, rather than asking what care or treatment might benefit the patient. The practice of Euthanasia however, disposes doctor to kill certain of their patients and also inculcates a disposition to think of some patients as not having worthwhile lives. ... Marking the devaluation of human life would then lead to steps of ending the lives of mentally ill persons or non-terminally ill patients who are...

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Denying terminally ill patients the right to die with dignity is cruel and unfair. ... Assisted suicide is a good death for patients. It eliminates drawn out, painful deaths, lets the patients die when they want, and does not eliminate the patient's own self-respect. ... This is a very raw means for a patient to request assistance. ... Denying terminally ill patients the right to die with dignity on their own terms is unfair and unjust. ...

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The goal of palliative care is to achieve the best quality of life for patients and families" (75). ... Terminally ill patients also suffer from breathing difficulties, nausea, vomiting, malaise, confusion, nightmares, sleeping disorders, and other problems that are not well understood (57). ... Tube feeding is common for patients who are unable to eat or drink on their own. Choice in Dying, a national organization dedicated to serving the needs of the dying, maintains that "it is acceptable to withdraw nutritional life support from the terminally ill. ... For patients at the end of their li...

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This is the same after diagnosing a patient with, for example, multiple-personality disorder. ... The self-fulfilling prophecy is one of the adverse effects of labels given to a patient. ... They internally accept the role of a "mentally ill patient" and even increase their symptoms rather than improve. ... Culturally, a clinician's diagnosis of a patient can be subjective due to cultural differences. Ethically, a clinician's diagnosis of a patient can cause various ethical issues amongst the patient as an individual but also within society....

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Anorexic patients typically come from white, middle class families. ... Most anorexic patients are female and about 6 percent are boys. ... Anorexic patients are usually not fat before they become anorexic, typically they are good students who become socially withdrawn before becoming ill. ... Some physicians put the patient in the hospital until they are nutritionally stable and others work with patients in the family setting. ... This is accomplished by gradually adding calories to the patients daily intake. ...

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In some sad cases, even if there is the option of treatment, the patient's body may be so over-taken by their disease that it would be of no help. ... This is referred to as assisted suicide, a physician providing an ill, yet competent person with medication to aid in committing suicide. ... What both parties share is the desire to meet the needs of a dying patient. ... Comfort care also suggests that doctors simply do what they can to make life happier for the terminally ill and their family any way they possibly can whether it is through kind words, bright smiles, or funny jokes; anythi...

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(Brandt 123) In other words these patients have a rational reason to commit suicide, yet their mind is not capable of making that decision. So if terminally ill patients are the only ones who have a good rational reason to commit suicide, then where does that leave everyone else? ... The organization advocated active euthanasia, or aiding the death of a hopelessly ill individual."... Assisted suicide is where a patient that is terminally ill comes to a physician or even a friend or family member at times and asks them to help end their life. ... According to Leslie Pickering Francis, "It occ...

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There are no straightforward steps a psychologist can use to determine whether or not a patient is of sound mind when presenting a case in the Queensland Legal System under the code. ... It is not only the Queensland Criminal Code act which falls short on guiding principle regarding mental illness and mentally ill offenders. ... The Act contains provisions for assessment, treatment, and patient rights. It provides mentally ill offenders help to understand criminal responsibility where the person has a mental illness or intellectual disability. ... The Mental Health Act provides for and protect...

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The big question is should a person who is terminally ill, in excruciating pain and feels their life is not worth living, be able to end their life. ... These essays stated that if a patient is suffering from an incurable, painful illness, they should be able to request that their lives be ended, and that a doctor be legally able to assist them in their dying. ... Many religious groups believe that human suffering can be a positive value for the terminally ill. ... Others say that pain experienced by the terminally ill can be controlled with tolerable levels through proper pain management, so ...

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