Physician Assisted Suicide Persuasive Speech
What if you knew that your path in life was coming to an end and were told it was going to be insufferable? Would you endure the agony of dying slowly and uncomfortably; or would you choose to pass away on your own terms, comfortably surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones?
Assisted suicide is more often than not confused with euthanasia. With the process of euthanasia the physician is the individual who administers the, usually a lethal, drug. Assisted suicide is always at the request of the patient, due to the fact that the individual administers the drug. Studies show more than half of the physicians who responded to questioning have allegedly “received requests from a patient wanting to end their life”. Physicians are only allowed …show more content…
In Montana, the court found no public policy against assisting suicide. Oregon requires a doctor to prescribe lethal drugs but it must be self-administered. "For the patient to be eligible, the individual must be diagnosed by an attending physician as well as by a consulting physician, with a terminal illness that will cause the death of the individual within 6 months”- Robert T. Smithing. Doctor assisted suicides provide patients one last opportunity to practice their rights before they pass. Eventually we all pass away; no one wants to think about it but in the end we have to go one of two ways, either painfully and unexpected, or comforted and prepared. Although assisted suicide is an “easy way out” every other option available in caregiving is reviewed and attempted before doctor assisted suicide is even consider.
Patients should hold the right to avoid excruciating pain and suffering by having a timely and dignified death. As addressed by multiple court reviews, a mentally competent, terminally individual has a protected liberty interest in choosing to end their own intolerable suffering by bringing about his or her own death. I personally agree with this statement due to the fact that I don’t want to die a painful death. No one looks forward to dying, old and pain stricken. Why should anyone be denied the right to die peacefully and free from the frightening atmosphere of a hospital
Assisted suicide is more often than not confused with euthanasia. With the process of euthanasia the physician is the individual who administers the, usually a lethal, drug. Assisted suicide is always at the request of the patient, due to the fact that the individual administers the drug. Studies show more than half of the physicians who responded to questioning have allegedly “received requests from a patient wanting to end their life”. Physicians are only allowed …show more content…
In Montana, the court found no public policy against assisting suicide. Oregon requires a doctor to prescribe lethal drugs but it must be self-administered. "For the patient to be eligible, the individual must be diagnosed by an attending physician as well as by a consulting physician, with a terminal illness that will cause the death of the individual within 6 months”- Robert T. Smithing. Doctor assisted suicides provide patients one last opportunity to practice their rights before they pass. Eventually we all pass away; no one wants to think about it but in the end we have to go one of two ways, either painfully and unexpected, or comforted and prepared. Although assisted suicide is an “easy way out” every other option available in caregiving is reviewed and attempted before doctor assisted suicide is even consider.
Patients should hold the right to avoid excruciating pain and suffering by having a timely and dignified death. As addressed by multiple court reviews, a mentally competent, terminally individual has a protected liberty interest in choosing to end their own intolerable suffering by bringing about his or her own death. I personally agree with this statement due to the fact that I don’t want to die a painful death. No one looks forward to dying, old and pain stricken. Why should anyone be denied the right to die peacefully and free from the frightening atmosphere of a hospital