Physician Assisted Suicide
Physician Assisted Suicide
HCA 260
November 25, 2012
Physician Assisted Suicide
Physician Assisted Suicide seems will always be an ethical issue in the medical community. People are either for it or against it. A few weeks ago during the election, the state of Massachusetts voted to allow this issue. This did not pass. Physician Assisted Suicide can come in two forms; the doctor administering medication or the doctor giving the medication to the patient. Both are considered going against the law of upholding a person’s life. Physician Assisted Suicide should not be performed; it is illegal except in one state (Oregon) and goes against the Hippocratic Oath that a doctor recites when they pass the medical boards. It is just wrong to perform this act.
Opinion
My opinion of the issue of physician assisted suicide is that it is wrong in any form to take a life before God or nature says it is time to go. Through our modern era of technological advances to various diseases and illnesses, we can live longer today than before. These advances have made life a little more comfortable to deal with medical condition than in recent years. I believe that if medical professionals get into the business of killing patients will affect public opinion of the medical profession. The medical profession is held to a high standard in public; we go them for advice and treatment of a medical condition. When we set into this situation of asking them to end of life because of the pain and suffering, we are asking the public to decrease the confidence in the medical profession. Another reason we should not get involved in this issue is that there are areas where physician assisted suicide can be abused. Patients could be forced into choosing death over treatments from the doctor or other medical professionals, which can go against the family wishes. The final and most important reason is that taking a life in any form is an act of committing immortal treatment toward a person.
HCA 260
November 25, 2012
Physician Assisted Suicide
Physician Assisted Suicide seems will always be an ethical issue in the medical community. People are either for it or against it. A few weeks ago during the election, the state of Massachusetts voted to allow this issue. This did not pass. Physician Assisted Suicide can come in two forms; the doctor administering medication or the doctor giving the medication to the patient. Both are considered going against the law of upholding a person’s life. Physician Assisted Suicide should not be performed; it is illegal except in one state (Oregon) and goes against the Hippocratic Oath that a doctor recites when they pass the medical boards. It is just wrong to perform this act.
Opinion
My opinion of the issue of physician assisted suicide is that it is wrong in any form to take a life before God or nature says it is time to go. Through our modern era of technological advances to various diseases and illnesses, we can live longer today than before. These advances have made life a little more comfortable to deal with medical condition than in recent years. I believe that if medical professionals get into the business of killing patients will affect public opinion of the medical profession. The medical profession is held to a high standard in public; we go them for advice and treatment of a medical condition. When we set into this situation of asking them to end of life because of the pain and suffering, we are asking the public to decrease the confidence in the medical profession. Another reason we should not get involved in this issue is that there are areas where physician assisted suicide can be abused. Patients could be forced into choosing death over treatments from the doctor or other medical professionals, which can go against the family wishes. The final and most important reason is that taking a life in any form is an act of committing immortal treatment toward a person.