Euthanasi An Ethical And Logical Option

The ethical issue is Euthanasia, there are many groups that support or oppose this issue. Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The different viewpoints are based around whether it is humane to assist someone in dying and whether it should be illegal for someone to assist the death of someone who has a terminal illness and are suffering incurable pain. Groups that oppose the issue generally believe that it is inhumane to end someone 's life early, these groups generally believe these people should be given care and as much comfort as possible until their last days. Groups that support the issue generally believe that if someone has lost their mental state or are suffering unbearable pain that cannot be cured, that they should be allowed the option of euthanasia because it is inhumane to make someone suffer unbearable pain if they do not need to. An ethical issue brings systems of morality and principles into conflict, ethical issues are more subjective and opinionated and generally cannot be solved with facts, laws and truth. Euthanasia is an ethical issue because there are two equally unacceptable options. It is considered wrong

“Is it worse to kill someone than to let someone die?” – James Rachels. At the end of the disagreement, many philosophers say euthanasia, also known as physician-assisted suicide, is a compassionate method of death. At the other side are the opponents of euthanasia, who may consider this technique as a form of murder. In this paper, I will show that it is not important to know the distinction between killing and letting die on request which is performed by a physician. Both killing and letting die on request are similar because it is based on the controversial issue called euthanasia also known as physician-assisted suicide.

Physician-assisted suicide is one of the most controversial subjects in the medical field. Whether the debate is, “Should a doctor be allowed to assist in someone’s suicide?” or, “Is it the right thing to do for a dying patient?” Seeing a loved one in pain can possibly be one of the hardest things to do. But what if they were given the option to the stop the suffering? Knowing that death may be months, weeks, or days away comes along with a lot of time at hospitals, pain, and suffering. Giving terminally ill patients an option of physician-assisted suicide allows the patient to be in charge of ending all their pain and suffering they will go through as well as passing at the comfort of their family at home and not in a hospital bed.

According to a poll in 2015, 68% of United States residents believe that physician assisted suicide should be legal (“In”). Physician assisted suicide (PAS) gives terminally ill patients a way to end their lives peacefully before they die from whatever terminal illness they have. If physician assisted suicide became legal, many people would be saved from pain and anguish. On top of that, ill people could retain some power and control over their life. And though bringing money into the discussion might be crude, assisted suicide can save millions. Physician assisted suicide should be legal in order to ensure a dignified death for terminally ill patients.

Physician assisted suicide is not something that anyone can use, it is for terminally ill patients only. Some state’s death with dignity law makes it so that you have to be terminally ill and receive permission from a judge before acting on the law. If there are regulations as to who can use it and how to be able to use it, I believe this would be a great thing for many people. It would end the suffering of the terminally ill and picking when they would die would allow their family to know when it would happen so they could say their goodbyes. It would also allow for everyone to come together and be supportive of one another, not have family or friends in different areas just hoping to get there in time to say goodbye.

I believe that physicians assisted suicide is something that every terminally ill person should be offered. Many terminally ill patients experience a painful death due to their disease. This would let the patient decided a more peaceful way to die. This makes the patient more at ease knowing that their fate is in their own hands. Even though this is a very hard decisions, the family would know their loved one is out of pain and suffering.

As patients come closer to the end of their lives, certain organs stop performing as well as they use to. People are unable to do simple tasks like putting on clothes, going to the restroom without assistance, eat on our own, and sometimes even breathe without the help of a machine. Needing to depend on someone for everything suddenly brings feelings of helplessness much like an infant feels. It is easy to see why some patients with terminal illnesses would seek any type of relief from this hardship, even if that relief is suicide. Euthanasia or assisted suicide is where a physician would give a patient an aid in dying. “Assisted suicide is a controversial medical and ethical issue based on the question of whether, in certain situations,

Physician assisted suicide has regulations a patient has to meet. This is an understanding way to relieve a suffering patients pain. I believe not only should the United States legalize physician assisted suicide but all other countrie should too. If someone has been told they have a terminal illness, they should not have to suffer.

“Intentionally administering medications to cause the patient’s death at the patient’s request and with full, informed consent.” is the dictionary definition of Voluntary Active Euthanasia. In other words, it is when the physician takes a direct action to terminate the patient’s life with his or her consent. In today’s society, euthanasia takes both sides on being right or wrong. People believe it is wrong because of the deliberate killing of someone, but others believe you’re doing it to “put them out of their misery”, because if you take the euthanasia right chances are the patient is suffering greatly and they just want their pain to be over with.

The word suicide gives many people negative feelings and is a socially taboo subject. However, suicide might be beneficial to terminally ill patients. Physician- assisted suicide has been one of the most controversial modern topics. Many wonder if it is morally correct to put a terminally ill patient out of their misery. Physicians should be able to meet the requests of their terminally ill patients. Unfortunately, a physician can be doing more harm by keeping someone alive instead of letting them die peacefully. For example, an assisted suicide can bring comfort to patients. These patients are in excruciating pain and will eventually perish. The government should not be involved in such a personal decision. A physician- assisted suicide comes with many benefits for the patient. If a person is terminally ill and wants a physician assisted suicide, then they should receive one.

It has been argued that for people on life support systems and people with long standing diseases causing much pain and distress, euthanasia is a better choice. It helps in relieving them from pain and misery. In cases like terminal cancers when the patient is in much pain and when people associated with them also are put through a lot of pain and misery, it is much more practical and humane to grant the person his/her wish to end his/her own life in a relatively painless and merciful way.

296). In aiding patients with decisions regarding this enormously hard decision, quality of life should be at the forefront of the process. Euthanasia could possibly provide the patient an opportunity to escape a situation that only allows them to have a painful or even miserable quality of life, if this is the circumstance then discussing this as an option for treatment would be in the best interest of both the care team and the patient. In addition, ethical principles are factors that are crucial components in this discussion between the physician and patient, among them; compassion and nonmaleficence. Nonmaleficence, doing no harm, is especially important. However, in cases of chronic care conditions the everyday life of a patient

Euthanasia is one of the topics that have aroused heated ethical debate all over the universe. By definition, euthanasia, also known as mercy killing can be termed as the practice of allowing a slow and less painful death on terminally ill patients or on patient’s that have lost the hope of living. I argue that the practice of euthanasia need not involve the doctor’s moral feelings for they are irrelevant and therefore should be practiced to ensure that the terminally-ill patients and the public do not undergo unnecessary suffering. Williams argues that the utilitarian view fails to take the consideration of the agent’s moral feelings performing the act. I contend that this fails because Mill’s theory strongly implies that ends are desirable in so far as people desire them. I will first articulate the utilitarian perspective on euthanasia, I show why Williams argument does not succeed, because he fails to consider the desires of the others involved in the situation. I then offer a response based on the utilitarian perspective and discount his argument.

Since last century, people have been debating about whether merciful killing is ethical or not. Some of the patients who suffered from deadly illnesses decided to end their life using prescribed medications from physicians, which is allowed and legal in only four states in USA. Is it actually an ethical thing for physicians and those who work in the healthcare field to be part of Euthanasia?

People who are terminally ill may find their life severely damaged and their loved ones go through an equal amount of mental agony. We face many choices in our daily lives, but often the right choices are not the easiest ones. We think about our choices, their alternatives, our feelings, our beliefs and priorities. It is often difficult to determine whether our decisions are right or wrong. Euthanasia is one such act that is a cause of global moral dilemma. It is an act of painlessly putting a person suffering from an incurable disease which is severely painful, to an end. What I personally feel about this act is this that euthanasia is not a wrong thing to act upon. If a person is terminally sick and has no chances of survival, he/she may be relieved of the prolonged pain through euthanasia.