Euthanasia In Australia Essay

2017 English oral presentation:

Hello everyone, my name is Danindu, and today I will be talking about why I think assisted suicide/Euthanasia is not a healthy choice for our society and why it should not be legalised in Australia. Euthanasia is the act of ending a life painlessly and prematurely, mainly putting to death those who have severe handicaps or terminal illnesses. Currently, in Australia, it is a crime for a physician to assist in euthanasia, and the law actively prohibits voluntary euthanasia. The fact of the matter is that Euthanasia is a dangerous concept that when legalised will spiral out of control, It will eventually advance into dangerous waters and blur the line between involuntary and voluntary euthanasia. Giving doctors

Euthanasia is simply ethically and morally wrong. It ultimately denounces medicine and is the ultimate harm that can be done to another life. In addition to this, there would be significant ramifications for palliative care, which has been outsourced to companies around Australia. Palliative care is a specialised medical care for people who have serious illnesses, and they mainly focus on providing an escape from the stress and symptoms of serious illnesses. Palliative care is costly and would most likely be crippled from legalising euthanasia and would also reduce the number of people willing to specialise in this field. This would overall reduce the number of patients willing to participate in this care and could potentially motivate other people to give up

This almost took the life of a person named Erica Riel, not many know the story of Erica, but through the support of her family, she avoided resorting to euthanasia. Erica was diagnosed with a terminal illness three times by three different doctors, and she was almost at the point of giving up, but her family motivated her to keep trying different doctors. But by then she was pursuing the route of physician-assisted suicide, thankfully her family convinced her to try one more doctor. This doctor informed her that not only was the diagnosis incorrect but she would live until 80. 15,000 people a year are killed in Australian hospitals due to medical error and more than 50,000 people suffer permanent damage, from misdiagnosis. Even with these figures, it is unknown how many medical mistakes cause people to give up on their lives. The number of deaths will unfortunately rise if people are given easier access to these types of