All patients have the right to avoid the pain and suffering; it’s their choice if they would like to use physician assisted suicide. It is difficult for a patient to make the choice because of their family that they are leaving behind. Many of patients want to make sure the family is going to be okay before they decide on something this major, that changes everyone's life. Patients with very bad illnesses that do not live in a state that allows physician assisted suicide will have to move to one of the four states that allow it. In 1996, Emanuel and et al. stated that, “Depression, hopelessness, and general psychological distress are consistently associated with interest in PAS and euthanasia.”2 Depression symptoms are associated with the patient’s interest in physician assisted suicide, as discussing their interventions with their peers. The hopelessness that the patient gets comes from considering taking a prescription that its purpose is to end their life. The patients also have to consider the cost of this procedure and see if they can afford
All patients have the right to avoid the pain and suffering; it’s their choice if they would like to use physician assisted suicide. It is difficult for a patient to make the choice because of their family that they are leaving behind. Many of patients want to make sure the family is going to be okay before they decide on something this major, that changes everyone's life. Patients with very bad illnesses that do not live in a state that allows physician assisted suicide will have to move to one of the four states that allow it. In 1996, Emanuel and et al. stated that, “Depression, hopelessness, and general psychological distress are consistently associated with interest in PAS and euthanasia.”2 Depression symptoms are associated with the patient’s interest in physician assisted suicide, as discussing their interventions with their peers. The hopelessness that the patient gets comes from considering taking a prescription that its purpose is to end their life. The patients also have to consider the cost of this procedure and see if they can afford