Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia has been becoming more prevalent since the early 1990’s. Although the practice has been around for many years, the topic has recently become the reason for many studies and debates on whether the practice is morally ethical to the patient. The patients that are terminally ill or have incurable disabilities or diseases should have the right to chose to either die with dignity or die a slow, painful death. Physician-assisted suicide, by definition, is the voluntary ending of one's own life by administration of a lethal dose of a substance with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician. (Physician-assisted suicide defintion) Some physicians believe that the idea of physician-assisted suicide goes against the Hippocratic Oath, which states that they will do no harm. …show more content…
When it comes to aiding someone with ending their life, some medical professionals cannot fathom the thought of helping to take the life of their patients. The thought of someone wanting to end their own life comes once a patient finds that they are unable to take care of themselves, or have become too much of a burden on their families. As a result, those patients start to rationalize the termination of their own life with the help of a doctor. In the case of Brittany Maynard, she was 29 years old and a newlywed, a little over a year into her marriage she started suffering from chronic headaches and she came to find out she had brain cancer. The tumor was removed but shortly after it came back and more aggressive. Brittany was only given six months to live. After months of research, Brittany and her family came to a