Physician Assisted Suicides

Document Type:Essay

Subject Area:Nursing

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In the recent years, the dimension of suicides and the physician-assisted dying has considerably changed with different organizations advocating for the legalization of this practice across the US. Different states have recognized the importance of this practice to the lives and needs of the patients with Oregon passing Death with Dignity Act in 1994. Vermont, Washington, Montana, and California has also approved this practice albeit after the completion of different multiple perquisite procedures. Further, this practice is legal in countries such as Canada, Luxemburg, Belgium, Columbia as well as the Netherlands. This paper, therefore, presents the argument supporting the physician-assisted suicides due to its importance in both the medical field and in the lives of the patients and their families. Such a condition can place the patient in a constant state of despair and neglect creating other psychological problems (Biller-Andorno, 2013).

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Therefore the physician-assisted suicide willfully terminates all these sufferings. The European Declaration of Human rights which are also applicable to Americans also outline that everybody has the right not to be forced to suffer. It will be wrong therefore to force a person to continue living even after substantial justifications. Suicides reduce the dignity of people as it exposes inner conflicts which are attributed to the unresolved issue with self and with others. Also, the vital and healthy organs can be retrieved immediately after the assisted suicides which might also save the lives of other patients that are still in a position to live. In conclusion, the physician-assisted suicide has elicited different reactions from the medical practitioners as well as from the members of the society, with various legal and moral questions raised about this procedure.

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