In the United States freedom, liberty, and pursuit of happiness has always been important in people’s lives, the right to choose and the right for people to do what they would like with their lives. When it comes to terminally ill patients there is a debate if it is ethical to allow them to end their life with aid from a physician. There are many names for this, euthanasia, assisted suicide, death with dignity, physician aided suicide, and right to die. It all comes down to the patient’s rights and their suffering. By legalizing assisted suicide, it will allow patients to have control of the end of their life and will allow, provide a safer, clean environment for them to pass, and ease patients suffering. Although, there is much controversy with assisted suicide considering ethics in medicine. According to Josh Sanburn, providing the lethal prescription is giving the terminally ill patient final control of the when and where of their death (2015). Sanburn has been a writer for TIME since 2010, in which he covers world, milestone, and economy issues and occasionally culture articles. Many people associate assisted suicide with relieving suffering, but Sullivan and Taylor state it is more than that it allows a patient to have peace of mind about their imminent death (2018). Sullivan is a physician and an academic ethicist. …show more content…
By having assisted suicide legalized it provides a safer, cleaner way out for patients seeking it (Sanburn, 2015). It would save families and the patient a lot of pain and suffering because in some cases are that bad they will find their own way (2015). Another important consideration, is that a study in Oregon showed that not all who were given the lethal prescription used it (Sullivan & Taylor, 2018). This shows how the peace of mind of the patient really is a large influencer because them knowing they have an