Imagine your mother as an old woman: She has not been feeling well, so she goes into the doctor's office for some tests. ... She is given an operation shortly thereafter, however it does not go well. ... She goes in and out of the hospital, can't walk, has trouble eating, has lost all her hair from the radiation and her pain simply gets worse with every passing day. ... Just as he can do whatever he wishes with his possessions- such as selling his new house- he can also wish to discontinue his life if the reasons were rational. ... He is in terrible pain; he begs to have these machi...

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But if we go back to the origin of the word we find that it comes from the two Latin words "Eu Thantos" which mean good death (Robinson). ... However, whatever name they give it the action is one, which is, ending the life of a person who is still alive. ... Another common reason is to guarantee a "dignified death" (whatever that means). ...

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A person's life belongs to that person only and if for whatever reason that person no longer has the desire to live, it should be that person's own decision whether or not to continue or to end their own life. Unless you are in or have been in a position where the pain or suffering is enough for you to even consider ending your own life or if there is no hope of getting a better quality of life can you know what these people, that no longer want to live, are going through. ...

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All these modern technology contrast with the cosmic law of people's lives , because we were born for a purpose and whatever people do some day they will say "farewell" and travel to their next life . ... Shakespeare in his sonnets tried to immortalize himself and his thoughts that until now none can ignore his works, wherever you go, you will hear his name and his ideas. So, people to avoid the inevitability of death, they will do anything, whatever it cost. ... There have been a large number of arguments for the natural immortality of the soul, purporting to show that it is the nature ...

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The patient's family and friends should not have to go through the added inconvenience of relocating, because relocating makes it so much more of a hardship emotionally and financially on them. ... I quite agree with Siebold's quote, elected officials from all the states refusing to legalize the issue, need to change their biased perspective on physician-assisted suicide and start implementing the laws which will allow individuals the right to do with their dying bodies whatever they want after all they are not causing harm to anyone not even themselves. ...

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Assisted suicide is when a patient is going through a terminal illness and is in a position where they have no hope to recover from their illness .In that situation they wish to die with dignity and control in opposed to wait for a medical miracle to occur whilst in the meantime the patient suffers from excruciating pain .Whereas murder is a situation where the murderer takes the liberty to end the victims life without their permission or desire to die. ... "Whatever good life holds, killing ends them" [Pet03]. ...

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Not only does hospice provide the terminally ill patient with the medication necessary to ease pain and suffering during their final days, but it also goes a long way in helping to ease the mental anguish of the patient's family by providing emotional support. ... "The highest ethical imperative of doctors should be to provide care in whatever way best serves patients" interests, in accord with each patient's wishes, not with a theoretical commitment to preserve life no...

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