Phylicia Nixon Essays - Euthanasia, Medical Ethics, Death, Suicide

Phylicia Nixon Brooks 6 23 January 2015 Final Paper Assisted suicide, the right to say yes Taylor is 16 years and has cancer. Her best friend Chloe takes her to radiation every Tuesday and Thursday. Two years have gone by and Taylor is now in the hospital. The doctors cannot remove her cancer cell. Taylor constantly tells Chloe how much pain she is in. Taylor decides to ask Chloe's opinion on using the Euthanasia method. Chloe said "No! Taylor I don't like it you are being selfish." I personally support the Euthanasia method. The euthanasia method is offered to patients with terminal illnesses. Everyone in the world has their own opinion on the Euthanasia method. Assisted Suicide "Euthanasia" is forbidden in 44 states. Currently, the only legislation explicitly allowing assisted suicide is Oregon's Death with dignity act. The act permits physicians to end their own lives. They do it by writing prescriptions for a lethal dose of medication. People should have the right to be in charge of their own lives. Assisted suicide is not a bad choice to make. The euthanasia method is all about helping the patient. It is cruel to keep a person alive that is suffering. Patients chose this option because sometimes there is nothing else that can be done. Some say it is a religious issue; that people should die naturally. Assisted suicide should not be allowed because people with ask for the injection to take their own life. Families fear that the injection will not be properly administered to patients that are not in need. Using the euthanasia method does not mean that the person is giving up on life. Patients normally consider euthanasia method when they are in the finally stages of their terminal illness. On some occasions patients ask the doctors to sign a paper saying that "they will not medicate the patient". That is when doctors recommend the euthanasia method. Patients that qualify for the euthanasia method are often in a vegetable state, meaning they are unable to make a conscious decision. Euthanasia is from a Greek term "dying well". It is a lethal use of medication that is administered in the body that causes instant death. People that consider using the euthanasia method often deal with the unethical questions that revolve around it. In my opinion, not one is fit to judge someone else's life that they feel is no longer worth living. Although many people believe that euthanasia should be illegal in all states; I think it eases minds of families with a ill loved one.