In 1997 and 1998, bills on assisted suicide were introduced in 26 states and were all defeated (Snyder). ... Legalizing physician-assisted suicide now, would only mean that years of tradition and laws were meaningless. ... Works Cited "Key Points for Debating Assisting Suicide." ... "Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground." ... "Physician Assisted Suicide Is A Very Bad Idea." ...
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE - SHOULD IT BE PERMITTED? The question posed by society today in the issue of physicians who assist with suicide of a patient is of moral substance. ... PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE IS MURDER However, there are those in society who argue against physician-assisted suicide. ... Assisting a patient to commit suicide is a violation of this oath. ... This is one of the arguments against physician-assisted suicide. ...
When looking at it from the viewpoint that it is constitutional to be able to choose what we do with our own lives, it appears as though assisted suicide could be an option that a suffering America should be able to have. ... In the case of assisted suicide, once the patient agrees, they have forever sealed their fate. ... Although they might not be compromising the Hippocratic oath, it is argued that by allowing Doctors to assist suicide, it is setting a standard that murder is suitable as long as it is for a beneficial cause. ... Right now, it is just assisted suicide, but what happens once ...
The first reason is if the healthcare professionals looked after these people that have the desire to die, properly and attend to not just their physical needs but also their psychological, social, and spiritual needs as well, then request to for euthanasia or its cousin, assisted suicide, would be very rare. ... Statistics under the Oregon's Physician Assisted Suicide Act in 2002 shows that 26 percent of those individuals that chose to end their life was in fear of inadequate pain relief. ... Euthanasia would actually be a foot in the door for suicide and if one starts to say that it ...
