Assisted Suicide

Abstract

Assisted suicide has been a debatable moral and ethical issue throughout the United States followed by several of researchers, physicians and the people who are related in assistance of suicide whether it reflects to the person who is dealing with this issue and striving hard to get it legalized or the person who is providing assistance to the sufferer. It is a full of complexity varying upon how it is measured or described by the beliefs, religion, culture, ethical purposes of the government. The research is followed by the general articles that were published which provide the framework of the legal, moral issues along with the facts of impact, solutions and resources that talk about assisted suicide.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Introduction4

Discussion4

Legal Issue4

History5

Current Resources6

Solutions for Assisted Suicide7

Effects Of The Issue7

Future Addressing8

Elements of Autonomy and Confidentiality8

Fidelity9

Pateint's Bill of Rights9

Interview10

Conclusion11

Refrences12

Assisted Suicide

Introduction

Euthanasia Assisted Suicide (EAS) is the term that generalizes “Killing” or “Mercy Killing”. The difference between the suicide and assisted suicide is in assisted suicide there is more than one person is involved in the killing of another by providing various options like lethal drugs, or to withhold the treatment because one cannot die on his own. Assisted suicide means that someone wants to end his/her life but with the assistance of a doctor or a physician. Furthermore, It has been categorized in two more actions. Active euthanasia assisted suicide refers to the action taken to kill someone by start dosing him/her with lethal drugs and in passive euthanasia assisted suicide the decisions are taken to stop the treatment of a patient because no matter what a physician or doctor can do, fatality will occur.

Discussion

Legal Issue

The legal issue can be focused as the disability and assisted suicide, many people (health care physicians) be likely to give their reviews of what they understand and perceive about disability whether it is negative or positive but what disabled patients have described themselves is rather adjacent to what the health care professionals has commented about. This has directed the disable people to form the set of their own to fight and to counter their argument in the legalization of assisted suicide, they say that the disable person should be given all the rights to depart their life rather than relying on their families for intensive care and to be dependent on the attendant all the time even for toileting, they also believe that this will hurt their dignity as well as their self esteem. The debate is if the person has become disabled so he should have all the rights to depart with dignity followed by the moral protection and legal legislation. the amendment of legalized issues that has been seen from various of cases reviewed. Since 1994, Oregon “Death with Dignity” authorities assisted suicide. In 2009, Washington accepted the work as similar to the Oregon's act. The Montana supreme court accepted assisted suicide lawfully, (Robinson. 2010).

History

In 1997 Washington v. Glucksberg stated a quotation regarding suicide and assisting suicide both, the demanded issues were disapproved by the US ...