Ethical Reasons for Assisted Suicide PHI208 July 28‚ 2014 A topic that has been around a while is physician-assisted suicide. James Rachels‚ an ethicists‚ believes a person who is virtually certain to die within a given amount of time and is experiencing or will experience a lot of pain before he or she dies should be able to choose an earlier‚ less painful death (Mosser‚ 2013). People have a right to end their life whenever they choose because some people living with a terminal
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There is a long document that contains The Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession. This document was written by Physician Assistants and is for Physician Assistants. A Physician Assistant is to use their best judgment in a given situation‚ but to also consider the perspectives of the patient and physician partners. The document outlines several code of ethics for a PA and describes ways in which the principles should be used
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Physician-assisted suicide is‚ “the voluntary termination of one’s own life by administration of a lethal substance with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician.” (medicinenet.com) Physician-assisted suicide gives patients and loved ones a choice at how their time together should end. Although many people find assisted suicide to be a considerable option to suffering‚ others find assisted suicide to have more weaknesses than strengths. Looking at the side of those who are for assisted
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Dignity Law (Maynard‚ 2014). Because of her age‚ assisted suicide was thrust into the media and became a huge talking point. Assisted suicide existed in the media prior to 2014. Dr. Jack Kevorkian‚ dubbed “Dr. Death”‚ was an active proponent for physician-assisted suicide. In 1999‚ he was convicted of second-degree murder for his role in over 130 assisted suicides and hailed as a champion by other right to die activists (James‚ 2011). In 2010‚ the television film‚ You Don’t Know Jack aired on HBO
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III. The ethical debate on PAS All professions should be guided by ethical behavior. As such‚ Physician Assisted Suicide‚ should be observed from an ethical standpoint and viewed through the four ethical principles: • Autonomy; respect for the individual self-determination. • Beneficence; doing the greatest good possible. • Non-maleficence; preventing harm. • Justice; insuring fairness and equal access to care. Based on this‚ ethical arguments can be made both in support of and against PAS. Ethical
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A physician assistant is a state license medical professional. Under the physician’s supervision‚ they are trained to examine patients‚ diagnose injuries and diseases‚ and provide treatment. The roles of a physician assistant is to help expand the field of health care. With my field of study being biology‚ I have plans to contribute and serve people while working in health care. The degree of biology will help me set a foundation for graduate school where I will specialize in becoming a PA.
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NEGATIVE INTRO “Every life is precious”... wise words from Rick perry in which many people believe. But there are some‚ who believe different. They believe that life can be taken by anyone at any time‚ on purpose. My teammate and I believe physician assisted suicide should not be legal in the United States. Think about all the amazing and talented people we have in this world. Albert Einstein‚ a German physicist had many accomplishments throughout his lifetime. The most notable award was the Nobel
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There are numerous arguments on why people should and should not have physician assisted death. I agree that patients should be in the right mind state and should have their family agree with their decision. It would be decent to just have it as a backup plan just in case the patient can’t handle the pain anymore or if they have been in pain for so long and are just ready to pass. For the most part it should be for patients who are terminally ill‚ but there should be exceptions and certain protocols
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While some people may think that physician assisted suicide should continue to stay illegal‚ most people think that it should actually be legal. The issue regarding suicide and if it should be legal or not has been going on for ages now. People have argued and debated on this topic for a really long time now and there are only 5 states where it is legal today. The ultimate goal is to have every state in the US have assisted suicide legal. Many people don’t know what some other people are going through
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into play‚ euthanasia. Euthanasia‚ also known as mercy killing or physician assisted suicide‚ is an extremely helpful‚ dignified‚ practice that can help end the pain and suffering of so many. Euthanasia is the intentional death
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