Specifically, terminally ill patients suffer because they are denied the right to die. Since 1906 adult terminally ill patients legally fought for their right to die on their own terms, and so far the United States has seen only three states legalize assisted suicide to such patients. ... Many citizens and terminally ill patients propose to change the current law with proper steps and documentation. ... It has also been argued that once the government allows assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, non-critical patients could soon open their opportunity to be treated with death. ... With ...

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If living persons become so ill that they cannot tolerate the pain they have a "right to die" to an escape from torment. ... Simmons, 112) There is still a question involved in the contemporary debates about euthanasia which is posed by a case such as the terminally ill who are dying. ... People also believe that patients' wishes should be respected, but that seems not always best for the patients. ... The reason: They are suffering 'needlessly'; their lives are 'useless'; they are terminally ill, or comatose, or have nothing to live for.' Of course, the...

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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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A lot of ill patients today rely on it to live. ... The ill patients loved ones today have difficulty deciding whether they would like to take their loved ones off life support or keeping them on. ... The hospital is full of other patients who seek the doctor's attention, so checking up on these patients is just wasting their time when they could be helping other patients. ... Keeping a brain dead patient alive is just pointless. ... Keeping a brain dead patient also is very inhumane. ...

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A patient with a stroke may be conscious but helpless. ... If a patient is in deep agony, the doctor must allow the patient to die in a peaceful way. The patient himself should be given the right to end his life legally. The patient known better whether his or her life is tolerable or now. ... "Health Mood swings 'create euthanasia danger'" " Research showing that terminally-ill cancer patients can long for death one day, but cling to life the next has illustrated the potential risks of legalizing euthanasia, say the authors. ...

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If you ignore a patients physical needs it is considered neglect, but ignoring the patients spiritual needs should also be neglect. ... The nurse and patient go through the journey together, so what is good for the patient is good for the nurse. ... The thought of getting ill and suffering is a lot to handle, espically if you"re going through it alone. ...

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