Assisted suicide is the suicide of a patient suffering from an incurable disease, affected by the taking of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for this purpose, But the patient or an outside source performs the intervention. Euthanasia relates to assisted suicide when it comes to bringing about death on a hopelessly ill and suffering person. The difference is that the doctor personally administers the lethal medication to the patient. The idea of assisted suicide and euthanasia is not a new Phenomenon. death through both have occurred since the beginning of medication. Based on a recent study fifty seven percent of Physicians today have received requests for either Euthanasia or assisted. suicide.http://endlink.lurie.northwestern.edu/physician_assisted_suicide_debate/what.cfm#What is Physician-Assisted Suicide? In the United States of America, each individual state is allowed to create their own laws when it comes to …show more content…
An advocate might say that: everyone should have the right to die if life becomes unbearable. the practice of assisting patients in dying does not take away any other support or treatment such as end-of-life-care. People have the choice of how they want to go out and where, whether it's in their homes or at the hospital. Another argument would be that the treatment of a terminally ill person is only delaying the death. They are not curable and only suffer through the last months of treatment. An opponent of assisted suicide would argue that a patient may be pressured by family member or others who are trying to save money or are greedy in that they might want the goods and property of the patient. Anyone can administer the pills as soon as they are available and that is a dangerous factor if a professional is not administering the pills. Because aid-in-dying is less expensive than treatment it could affect the decisions of the insurance company, doctor, and