Physician Assisted Suicide Essay

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Assistance in Dying
Some may say pain is a good thing, it means that you can feel and are still alive. But others will say that no living thing should be in pain. In life everyone will end up feeling pain, it is truly inevitable and can be cruel. It can stockpile tremendously fast into an unbearable amount of destructive suffering. Suffering that consumes an individual, blots out the very light of who someone is and destroys their inner being. Some may choose to end this pain. In the medical field one can have an option to end the pain early by taking their own life with assistance. It is called physician assisted death or assisted suicide. The assistance comes from a physician that deems the wishes of suicide fit. It is typically used at end …show more content…

Assisted dying cannot simply be hinged on patient autonomy but it does play a significant role in end of life decisions. It needs to beneficial and not due to a patient wants to simply commit suicide. Personally, I believe a psychiatrist needs to have an assessment on a patient before allowing assisted suicide and going forth with patient autonomy. Ultimately it is their decisions what is allowed for their bodies or what is not. For years patients have been refusing certain treatments due to their religious beliefs, personal ethics, morals and needs. Why say assisted dying is any different? Patient autonomy needs to be beneficial and ties into three other ethical …show more content…

The physical or emotional symptoms of the person’s illness are, unbearable; that they are so bad that they are not treatable.
2. Psychological support: the patient does not have a network of psychological support that can be comforting.
3. Accuracy of prognosis: every consideration has been made and a second opinion has been sought to verify the diagnosis and prognosis. We have made sure that no mistakes have been made about both diagnosis and prognosis.
4. The degree of patient understanding: the patient understands the disease, its present state, and its expected