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The Right to Die (Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide):

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1.1 Introduction

Euthanasia is the act of intentionally ending a person’s life for purposes of relieving them from unnecessary pain and suffering. Different countries have different euthanasia laws that all used in determining ways in which a suffering person’s life can be terminated. For instance, a suffering cancer patient may be given an overdose of muscle relaxants for purposes of terminating their life. This is the perfect form of euthanasia where the patient is rescued from experiencing unnecessary suffering. Euthanasia can also be referred to as assisted suicide. This is because the victim may be assisted to end his or her own life albeit within the confines of the law. This perspective involves offering the would-be suicide victim with sedatives. Euthanasia is driven by the need to end the long term sufferings of loved ones especially when it is certain that they would not get better. In addition to that, keeping a terminally ill person in a hospital bed is highly expensive as they rely on life support machines. In such situations, it is necessary to apply euthanasia. Apparently , euthanasia helps to solve two problems. These include saving the terminally ill person from extra suffering and also saving the family and relatives from excessive medical expenditure . Based on this understanding, it is imperative for terminally ill persons to be allowed by law to access euthanasia services so as to save them from negative health predicaments. Proponents of this view argue that it is better to experience a dignified and quick death than to suffer for a long time and then eventually have a painful death. It is against this backdrop that this paper seeks to investigate and support the legalities of allowing euthanasia to end the sufferings of the terminally ill persons.

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1.2 Background

Despite the strong identifiable effectiveness of euthanasia, some people still think that it should not be legally allowed. According to them, doctors have a duty to ensure that their patients stay alive in accordance with their oaths. Apparently, they have unjustifiably equated euthanasia to murder. Besides, they have also argued that legalizing euthanasia will directly target the poor and the disabled who cannot afford proper medical attention. Moreover, it will help insurance companies save a lot of money after terminating the lives of suffering clients.

Although these arguments are very genuine, it is also true that keeping people to continue to suffer without any apparent reason is unjustifiable. This leaves euthanasia to remain the only identifiable to help to avoid the occurrence of severe negative implications. One form of euthanasia is abortion that allows for the termination of the life of a child in order to save that of the mother. There is no such a marked difference between this and euthanasia as someone is saved from unnecessary suffering and pain. Euthanasia and assisted physician assistance to conduct suicide are better methods to end one’s life rather than a patient committing suicide by themselves (Kasher, 2009). One significant advantage of euthanasia is its effectiveness as compared with normal suicidal practices which can be very dangerous if the involved victim survives the ordeal. It is also better than a patient suffering in their hospital bed, incurring extra expenses for the treatment of a terminal illness which can never be cured.

1.3 Euthanasia is effective and easily conducted

The most selling facts in favour of euthanasia are its effectiveness and friendliness to the victim. It is a very quick process and is not associated with any form of pain. In some cases, muscle relaxants are applied to calm the client within a few minutes. In this perspective, this is the only friendly way which can be applied to ensure that terminally ill patients lose their lives in an honorable manner. The main idea of conducting euthanasia is not in any way connected with murder as stated by critics. Euthanasia and physically assisted suicide are an alternative form meant to ensure that patients do not spend a long period of time undergoing suffering and pain. Alternatively, the family members of the suffering victim may decide to relieve their loved one by giving them sedatives in order to undergo a slow but sure death (Keown, 2002)..

Based on this, it is illogical for the law to classify euthanasia as an illegal undertaking. This is because it will be ignoring the plights of the suffering occasioned by untreatable diseases. The only result emerging from legalization of euthanasia is a state where the law subjects innocent citizens to mandatory suffering. This begs the question, why should someone live a painful life while there is a quick and easy way of helping them?

1.4 Doctors should ensure by all means that they assist all suffering patients to save them from the pain.

Just subjecting doctors to some unorthodox oaths should not be a justification for continuous suffering of patients. There is no need of a doctor to subject a patient to unending treatments while they are suffering from a terminal illness which cannot be cured. As a matter of fact, this will only drain the patient’s financial reserves due to the expensive bills charged by hospitals. Worse still, some health officers are aware that some patients would not recover but they still insist on keeping them under medication. This is not fair as it will result in painful death and unnecessary loss of financial resources . If the only outcome to a patient’s illness is death, then there is no need to delay the inevitable because it will save many predicaments. Of equal concern is the fact that some doctors resort to neglecting the suffering patients simply because they are aware they cannot get well (Kasher, 2009). So far, there is no need of subjecting a sickly patient to unending suffering while there is a suitable method that can be applied to solve their health problems. Based on this understanding, it is important to ensure that the society relates fairly to those undergoing bodily pain in regards to their health. The legalization of euthanasia is therefore important as a means of relieving patients of intense suffering. Banning it only implies that we continue to subject suffering patients to prolonged problems. The only immediate solution able to solve painful experiences is by ensuring that we apply assisted suicide and euthanasia. It is better to help a suffering patient to rest peacefully than to give them a long life full of suffering and nothing to enjoy about living (Kasher, 2009).

1.5 Euthanasia is essential for people who cannot hold on to life anymore

Euthanasia is a perfect remedy for people who are contemplating suicide so as to enable them to use a fast and effective means of life termination. Forcing a 90 year old patient to continue to suffer in hospital is not good at all. In a case where a terminal illness is involved, keeping this type of person under constant medication is like punishing them softly (Keown, 2002). It is important to advocate for a situation where a person lives to enjoy their life as much as they can. When it results in a case where pain and suffering are the order of the day, then it is necessary to help them rest peacefully by conducting euthanasia. There is no any compound reason of keeping a patient who cannot eat, talk, see or walk in hospital in anticipation of getting them cured on a later yet unsure date. Therefore, the law and the medical society has been keeping suffering patients alive for no apparent reason . Interestingly, some of these patients who are subjected to long periods of suffering are neither useful to the society nor self (Kasher, 2009).

Additionally, euthanasia should be highly recommended as it saves the suffering of a patient as well as that of the immediate relatives and friends. The view of someone suffering in a hospital bed because of interment or incurable illness has huge psychological effects on the people closest to the person. This effect is caused by the sorrow and pity generated whenever a normal human being notices another one suffering. It usually gets more painful when someone suffers while in hospital and ends up dying due to lack of any possible solution. This is pain doubled as everybody wishes that their relative gets well and leaves the hospital to enjoy their life at home. Once this is not achieved, the involved parties seem to become psychologically tortured. This situation can only be saved by offering assisted suicide so as to save them from experiencing more predicaments. It is usually very painful to watch someone under pain in a hospital bed and later die at the same place due to the severity of the health complication (Keown, 2002).

1.6 Euthanasia is essential for patients suffering from terminal illnesses

Watching people suffer due to terminal health complications is not fun at all as you place yourself in their shoes and assume it was you. At some point, some patients make suicidal decisions on their own depending on the status they are in. In response to the comments made by critics of euthanasia, all human beings are meant to die at a certain period of time. The only important reason why euthanasia should be openly practiced is because it helps end the pain and suffering. If death can rob a healthy person of life, then why not assist a suffering person with death? It would be understandable for someone to seek death than to fight to live and continue experiencing pains which never end. In this case, it is important to allow anyone seeking for euthanasia to acquire the service with ease in order to rest their troubled souls (Keown, 2002)..

Euthanasia is also suitable for people who are economically challenged and might find it difficult to support their relatives in terms of meeting their medical bills. In order to avoid the burden of treating a patient who is terminally ill without a possibility of recovering, it is important to apply euthanasia. This solution is better compared to struggling to acquire medication for a patient who will end up dying despite the attempts made. In order to be able to understand this, we should think on the basis of the Unitarian point of view affecting human beings. In this case, one should be allowed to live for as long as their mental and bodily strength can allow them to. Prolonging the life of a suffering person because it is their right to live is not concrete reasoning. The society might be happy to see someone being treated while they are unaware of the pain and suffering being experienced. In this case , the occurrence of a situation where one is not able to recover from a terminal health condition, then they can be allowed to make their own decisions. In some cases, the immediate family members can also decide to save their loved one from undergoing endless pain in the name of acquiring treatment (Keown, 2002).. In this perspective, it is of great importance to ensure that patients and their relatives can make wise decisions to save their family members from suffering continuously. Additionally, traditional beliefs and religious beliefs ought to be applied in the right places but not to complicate the need for a solution to save a suffering friend (Kasher, 2009). You need to deal with the difference between patient consent vs. someone unable to give consent. Deal with separately with the implications for each situation.

Conclusion

The idea of conducting euthanasia should be allowed all over the world for purposes of saving all the suffering people. When no medical procedures are able to cure health complications, then it is important for doctors to make the right decisions in regards to the most suitable solutions. Euthanasia is vital for ensuring that terminally ill patients do not continue suffering in hospital wards while a suitable solution exists and can be put in use. Despite opposition from critiques , euthanasia is indeed beneficial and should be legitimized all over the world. It is therefore clear that choosing to terminate the life of a suffering client is the best thing health care professionals can do. As a result, I strongly advocate for euthanasia to be conducted to all willing patients because it is a justified procedure.

References

Keown, J. (2002). Euthanasia, ethics, and public policy: An argument against legislation. New

York: Cambridge University Press.

Kasher, A. (2009). Dying, assisted death and mourning. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Essay Grading Rubric

The title reflects the essay’s contents.	___5___ out of 5
The introduction has an effective hook.	___4___ out of 5
Enough background information is provided for the audience.	___5___ out of 5
The issue being discussed is clearly stated.	___4___ out of 5
A clear, argumentative thesis is found at the end of the introduction.	___4___ out of 5
Each paragraph has an appropriate topic sentence.	__6___ out of 10
Paragraphs are coherently developed with evidence and examples.	___3___ out of 5
No words, terms, or phrases are ambiguous.	___4___ out of 5
The order of the information is presented in logical order and the reasoning supports the conclusion(s).	___2___ out of 5
Important counterargument(s) are addressed.	___4___ out of 5
Transitions between paragraphs are present.	___5___ out of 5
All quotes are framed.	___5___ out of 5
Conclusion effectively unites and ties together writer’s main points.	___5___ out of 5
No new information is presented in conclusion.	___5___ out of 5
The correct number of appropriate and credible sources are used.	___5___ out of 5
APA format is used for in-text citations and Works Cited.	___5___ out of 5
Format and page length requirements are met.	___5___ out of 10
Surface errors are minimal.	__4____ out of 5
Total	___85___ out of 100

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