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Social Issue Of Euthanasi Terminally Ill Patients

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To start of social issue is euthanasia and this issue impacts the families with terminally ill patients, but it is usually impact the family the most. Others that can be impacted are the doctors, lawyers, families of terminally ill members, government, and law makers. My Definition of Social Issue is a problem or conflict that provokes people or a group of people within society. So, my social I have been working on is euthanasia which is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. Initially I defined my issue as a small problem in the U.S, but after some research I found that euthanasia is a global subject and it is controversial. The reasons I was interested about this topic …show more content…

Like I said this was a bigger problem than I thought, and it depends more on a person's perspective to be able to judge. There aren’t solid solutions to this problem because the U.S does not does not support euthanasia because it is considered murder. Although, it is permitted at state level depending on the patient’s stage in illness, and where they all located. Also, there has been more people supporting this issue because people are creating awareness mainly sharing their stories, making some types of protest, and there was also a movement created called “Right to Die Movement”. So, it is creating a difference, but hasn’t created a huge impact in the United States since they will not agree to the idea of killing …show more content…

These can allow people to have a good death if they are terminally ill and if they are in great pain, and doctors will have the power to help a patient from suffering instead of a slow painful death. Although these are great ways to solve the problem or at least improve the issue it comes with consequences such as more protest can arise by human right groups for example, the right of life group movement and doctors who are against euthanasia. Euthanasia can become stricter for families and it might cause the lethal injection prices to increase. It might also require you to move to another state that has euthanasia since many states don’t allow it. There will constantly have arguments whether it is against the Hippocratic Oath which will cause more controversy, might go against the person/families religion which can cause problems with the church they go to because of their beliefs and perspective, and people will argue whether doctors are playing god, can cause problems with the state law, activist groups, and religion

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