Physician-Assissted Suicide: The Tantalizing Taboo

It is legal for physicians to promote suicide in 3 out of 50 states in Oregon, Montana and Washington states. Authorization of suicide by a doctor in Oregon state is a long process with many guidelines and restrictions. Patient is a terminal disease symptom, there is little hope for treatment, it must be within 6 months of living. They are residents of Oregon and claim to be at least 18 years of age. They must also be able to tell their wishes. Once the patient has made a preliminary decision, he or she must submit two oral prescriptions to the attending physician or the physician who takes care of the patient first, requiring a prescription of fatal medication I will.

The doctor will assist the suicide doctor to help suicide It is possible for the doctor to provide a suicide measure for the patient to commit suicide, euthanasia, that is, goodwill of the private life of the doctor is a very controversial topic . - It is murder to promote suicide "If suicide is justified, it is a great thinker of law, ethics, philosophy, and theology, this has not been found in all ages.The suicide is a thousand years It is not "right" before, it is not so. Therefore, most societies including us themselves passed the law against it "(Callahan, p. 71). It is murder that promotes suicide

In every culture including ourselves, there are contraindications prohibiting murder. In cultural and religious groups, the custom of helping a doctor committing suicide is considered wrong. As Leon R. Kass said in 2008, a taboo that forbids physicians from killing patients, even if they request it, is "a sign of reason and wisdom." Doctors who support legality of suicide Moral and ethical dilemmas will be a problem in the coming years, Death is as natural a life process as birth Even with DNR (no recovery) or advanced instruction, the family loves their love My position is to the suicide by the doctor because the time and place where our time of death and place were decided is the only one that God has the right to decide.

In today's society, it is a common argument that doctors support legalization of suicide. In 1997, the Supreme Court acknowledged that there was no federal constitutional right, the doctor helped commit suicide (Harned 1), defining suicide as assistance from a lethal dose of physician (Pearson 1), and the state legislature I approved it to legalize it. Only legalized doctors in Oregon State and Washington State supported suicide. People who are seeking help for suicide tend to suffer tilted judgments in many cases