Who has the right to say whether a person lives or dies? We have the right to decide. We are in control of your body and .
hold our lives in our hands, right or wrong we have the option to .
end our lives, and in extreme cases our families have the right to act on our behalf. No one should be able to take this option away from us. Each one of us has certain inalienable rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and if we have a right to .
life, then we have a right to death. In 1997, in its decisions in the .
Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill cases, the U.S. .
Supreme Court again affirmed the right of competent patients to .
refuse unwanted medical treatments and to receive adequate pain .
treatment at the end of life - even if it might hasten .
death(www.choices.org).
What is euthanasia? According to Webster's Standard .
Dictionary, it is "a painless peaceful death or the putting to death of a person suffering from a fatal disease. Death is a certainty in life. Why should those who are in great pain or are terminal have to wait to die? Why should a patient be forced to live if the present standard of life has degenerated to the point of meaningless? .
Achieving closure is important. The term "closure" refers to settling differences, healing wounds, and closing gaps in human relationships. Closure is difficult, even impossible, when the timing of death is uncertain or when the patient is too physically frail or mentally impaired. To most people, a death without closure is a bad death. .
Death is a scary subject. A subject many people don't .
want to discuss especially when a family member is on the verge. .
What many people do not realize is those who are so ill they can no longer take care of themselves or enjoy the simple things have made peace with the reality of death and are ready to face it. When they are ready to die, they are ready. If the family is not prepared, they cannot ask the ill member to hold on for them.
( ) Though it is illegal many seek out physician assisted suicide ( ) or assisted suicide. ... Known as "Dr. ... The alternative is physician assisted suicide" Also coined assisted suicide. ( ) The first acts of assisted suicide were brought to the media in the 90's by a man named Dr. ... Dr. ... Dr. ...
Though it is illegal many seek out physician assisted suicide or assisted suicide. ... Kevorkian has become famous for his many assisted suicides and his suicide machine. ... The alternative is physician assisted suicide" Also coined assisted suicide. The first acts of assisted suicide were brought to the media in the 90's by a man named Dr. ... "Doctor assisted suicide is humane." ...
Assisted Suicide: Ethical or Immoral? Is assisted suicide ethical? And what makes someone eligible to commit suicide? Many people oppose it, because they feel it is immoral and or unjust, but others believe that it is a humane thing to do, if a patient is terminally ill and is suffering. Bot...
Doctor Assisted Suicide should not be tolerated anywhere in the United States. ... The editorial is stating how wrong Dr. ... Michigan has coalition air ads promoting doctor-assisted suicides. ... There is one state that has legalized doctor-assisted suicides. ... I feel that doctor assisted suicide is wrong and it should be banned in Oregon. ...
Over the years, most of what I have known about assisted suicide has come from what the media presented. ... First of all, I did not know the term for assisted suicide is called euthanasia. ... To legalize assisted suicide would give more control to the physician who accepts the responsibility and less control to the patient who is requesting death; therefore, society must not legalize physician assisted suicide. ... "Public Opinion On The Right To Die and Doctor Assisted Suicide." 11 Nov 2002. ... "Local Doctors Encounter Assisted Suicide." ...
Physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill patients. It is an act that mercifully ends the life of a hopelessly suffering patient. The Greek word "euthanasia" means "good death" and should be an option for patients who have no hope of recovering or leading healthy lives...
A popular example of voluntary euthanasia was the assisted killing of a patient with ALS by Dr. ... There are many reasons people would decide on assisted suicide. ... Disease would not be the only time assisted suicide is considered. ... It is at this time, he starts doing what he has been in the news so much for, assisting and overseeing suicides. ... Jack Kevorkian has assisted in over 100 suicides ( No Author, http://www.pbs.org). ...
This is where the debate of physician assisted suicide comes into play. ... One of the most vocal supporters of physician assisted suicide would have to be Dr. ... Since then he has admitted to performing over one-hundred and thirty assisted suicides. ... Dr. ... That was the case of Dr. ...
Assisted Suicide Most people want to live their life with dignity and die with dignity. ... Another group of people believe that assisted suicide is unethical. ... In 1997, the Supreme Court upheld two state laws that barred assisted suicide. ... But, even more significant, the Supreme court implied that states could legalize assisted suicide if they so chose (Issues and Controversies: Assisted Suicide Update n.p.). ... Assisted suicide became legal in Oregon. ...
The fight to legalize physician assisted suicide of Euthanasia is gaining ground. ... Some consider physician assisted suicide as "cold, heartless murder." In 1990, Janet Adkins was helped to her inevitable death by Dr. ... The uncertain reaction may result in an overwhelming number of physician assisted suicides. ... This may not be influenced either, for physician assisted suicide. ...
