Physician assisted death is a very controversial topic today. There are many positives and negatives. Although you may think the negatives outweigh the positives, no one can really decide if it's good or bad except for those who are terminally ill. Some call “Physician Assisted
Death” a method, some call it too extreme, those who are terminally ill call it an answer to an undecided problem. This method allows those who are terminally ill to be prescribed a lethal dose of medication; allowing them to decide when is the right time to go. Terminally ill patients are diagnosed with a sickness that inevitably will kill them with in coming months. The negative thought is we are shortening the patient's life and not allowing them the …show more content…
Is your job, “trying” to manage my loved ones pain, more important than allowing them to leave the world in peace and without suffering? The hippocratic oath that doctors take when they finish their schooling and residency ; “The oath considers human life as sacred; therefore, commanding respect. Therefore, consent to end one’s life from the patient himself does not make killing right.”(NYLN) The doctors are not killing the patients. They are actually helping them. That is what doctors are suppose to do, help the patients in any way they can. No doctor in the united states is physically responsible for someone terminally ill taking their own life. They only prescribe the medication. Saying that doctors are killing these patients is absurd. People who are suicidal will kill themselves by any means and some will steal drugs from others and overdose on these medications. Are the doctors still at fault for this? They prescribed the medication but they did not give it to that person.
Putting yourself in the shoes of someone who is terminally ill will open your eyes and mind. Picture the pain, the depression; picture your family by your side. Now take into