Doctor Assisted Suicide Vs Euthanasia

“Our nation was founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” -Leonard Boswell. In the constitution it states the concept that everyone have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness therefore, you get to decide if you want to live or not. For people that are terminally ill, or have less than six months to live,they have options. They can do, doctor assisted suicide, euthanasia, or they can suffer until they pass away. When using doctor assisted suicide or euthanasia, the patient doesn't have to suffer, or continue suffering until they die. Doctor assisted suicide and euthanasia are an efficient way to (1) end people's suffering, (2) euthanasia doesn’t end lives early, it prevents them from seeing
In doctor assisted suicide, the doctor basically ends the life of the terminally ill patient but, the patient does the final act of ending his or her life. This difference is only when active voluntary euthanasia is used(McCuen, Gary). When using euthanasia, there are many people who can end the life of the terminally ill patient, the doctor, the family of the patient, or the patient themselves. Most of the time, the patient doesn’t do it themselves, they let their doctor do it with medical reason(Yount-2001). These only happen when the patient is termailly ill. “A person is usually considered terminally ill when doctors expect him or her to survive for less than six months.” (Yount-2001). Some diseases include, heart disease, cancer, and alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is a very rough disease, people lose their memory, motor skills, and muscle functioning. Also their speed of processing information becomes slower(Alzheimer's Disease). Side effects of cancer include, anemia, appetite loss, bleeding and bruising, constipation, delirium, diarrhea, edema, fatigue, hair loss, infection, memory/ concentration problems, mouth/ throat problems, nausea and vomiting, pain, sleep problems, and bladder problems(Side Effects). Also, some symptoms of heart disease are, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, weakness/ dizziness, nausea, and sweating(Heart Disease Symptoms and Signs of Heart
The patients are suffering from very harmful diseases and side effects that will probably kill them anyways. Euthanasia and doctor assisted suicide help these patients die a peaceful and easy death. Also they’re affected because, (1) end people's suffering, (2) euthanasia doesn’t end lives early, it prevents them from seeing the outcome of their suffering, and (3) doctor assisted suicide provides the patient with control over their