Do patients have a right to die via physician-assisted suicide? The basic question is one of autonomy. It’s my life. I should have the right to take my life when that seems like the proper and best thing to do. Suicide isn’t illegal. Doctors control the means—drugs that end life painlessly. Why should they be able to withhold them from me? To that I’d say please think about it. Think about what you're leaving behind. Your family and loved ones are going to miss you. I don't think physician- assisted suicide is right because it can cause suffering for family and friends, Allowing assisted suicide increases teen suicides, and violates the Hippocratic Oath.
The right to assisted suicide is a significant topic that concerns people all over the United States. The debates go back and forth about whether a dying patient has the right to die with the assistance of a physician. Some are against it because of religious and moral reasons. Others are for it because of their compassion and respect for dying. I get that they want to die
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opponents of physician-assisted suicide tend to assume that the family's influence will make it highly likely that the patient's choice of death can be said to be "rational.". Even if these wishes are consciously suppressed or denied, they may subtly influence the communication between the family members and the patient. The end result may well be that the patient will come to feel that their life is no longer worthwhile, and that they would be performing an act of generosity toward their family were he to speed up the process of their dying. Unfortunately this is true for most cases. Although some choose not to, they can. Their judgement is usually not that clear as it should be. One story of this is about a guy who wants to die because it would be easier for him to. At least a year later, things got better and he has a wife and three kids. This is just one of the stories that was told. There are many