What Are The Pros And Cons Of Physician Assisted Suicide

Physician assisted suicide also known as “euthanasia” is physician's way hasten one's death. Physician assisted suicide is legal in five of the fifty states in the United States of America. Those states include Oregon, Montana, Washington and Vermont. In order for physician assisted death, a person must to have a terminal illness and have six months or less to live in order for a physician to do the procedure. Physician assisted suicide can be good in one’s eyes, but completely appalling in others.
Pros and Cons
Cons
Although physician assisted suicide has its the pros, it also has its cons. First, it violates the doctor's hippocratic oath. According to Dictionary.com Hppocratc oath, “an oath stating the obligations and proper conduct of doctors, formerly taken by those beginning medical practice”. This is an oath all doctors take. The oath that has been made up with a lot of thought, so why negate such an important oath? The oath considers human life as sacred; therefore, commanding respect. The consent to end one’s life from the patient himself does not make killing right. Secondly, it decreases the value of human lives. Third, physician assisted suicide allows people to give up too early. There
First off, physician assisted suicide ends suffering. Many patients with terminal illnesses go through an extreme amount of pain. The pain can also turn into fear as the patient knows that death is just around the corner. Euthanasia can help cut short the patient’s suffering and pain and take away the pain the family has to go through, watching them suffer. According to NYLN.org, “It retains dignity.With of doctor-assisted suicide being legalized, patients are able to choose their own death in such a way that retains their dignity”(“Doctor Assisted Suicide,” 2015). This allows patients to choose to be in the surrounding of their choice, such as home, and enjoy the things they enjoy most in their final