Euthanasia is not the answer for the problems of terminally ill patients and disabled babies. ... Some terminally ill patients end their life to save the money their family spends on them! ... The request for voluntary euthanasia is rarely voluntary because terminally ill patients usually suffer from depression, anxiety about the effect of his illness on himself and those around him, this state keeps a terminally ill patient from thinking objectively about his situation. ... Terminally ill patients also adapt to a level of disability that they would not have previously anticipated they could l...

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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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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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Thankfully the treatment of the mentally ill has significantly evolved over the last fifty years or so, and an emphasis on empathy for patients is now instilled in medical professionals, and treatment is no longer perverse and cruel in the vast majority of cases. ... When treating a patient who is suffering from depression, bipolar disorder or Alzheimer's disease hospitalization or drug treatments tend to be the preferred method over psychological exploration. ... Different clusters of one illness have different consequences for a patient's behavior. ... People can be anti-social wit...

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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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Research Paper Everyday in this world, children become ill or get into accidents and need medical attention. ... They assist in procedures, testing, and diagnosing the patient. ... Becoming impatient with a child when they are ill and hurting would scare the child and they would lose their ability to trust their nurses. ... "Consider the critically ill child who is surrounded by beeping monitors and alarming machines" (Vestal 606). ...

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