Physician Assisted Suicide Case Study

Dr. Quill’s role was, at most, one of making this course possible while trying to offer and improve on other alternatives. Dr. Quill’s eight-year acquaintance with Diane is only partly reassuring. Dr. Quill provided Diane with comprehensive medical care with deep concern for her well-being and respect for her choices. The most disturbing cases of assisted suicide are those in which a physician with little familiarity with a patient serves only to provide an instrument of peaceful death. It is hard to doubt Dr. Quill’s fondness for Diane.
What is disturbing is that this association may have become a personal friendship that threatened even the limited impartiality that would be present in a more detached professional relationship. Physicians themselves, who feel powerless in the face of terminal illnesses in their patient, behave in various ways which could be a damaging decision to someone. Dr. Quill’s decision to assist Diane in her death was a good and bad alternative. This case is more about what is efficient for Diane to die without suffering and for Dr. Quill to help her the best way possible without anyone questioning his decisions. Dr. Quill states that Diane had a history of depression and alcoholism.
Did he obtain a consultation of a more detached colleagues or psychiatrist to determine whether Diane was clinically depressed is an unknown fact? The relevant facts of this case are Diane had acute myelomonocytic leukemia, and she did not want to go through any treatments. Dr. Quill made sure Diane and her family understood the risk of no treatments. In the case of Diane, the main question is whether it is ethically reasonably for Dr. Quill to inform Diane that she has a 25% chance of surviving instead of her just giving