Essays on Assisted Suicide

Paterson first encountered the very controversial and troubled topic of assisted suicide and euthanasia while in college in the 80’s. The author reflects on being affected by arguments brought forward against the case for legalizing certain forms of assisted death. He described said arguments as...

Euthanasia is defined by the “painless” killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful terminal illness or irreversible coma. Should Physician Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia be legal when there are other viable options in the medical field that would provide ethical solutions to end of...

Imagine having a disease that you know will kill you within a certain amount of time. If you had the option to safely end your life, would you? Would you continue to fight your battle and savor the short and painful time you have left,...

The word euthanasia has been around since the 17th century. The term was first used in a medical context by Francis Bacon to refer to an easy, painless, happy death, during which it was the responsibility of the physician to relieve the patient from physical...

Life or death is a choice sacred to each. When a person chooses to die, he typically goes through with it. In Oregon and Washington, physician-assisted suicide is legal. This is the act of administering a lethal dose of medicine to a terminally ill patient....

Physician assisted suicide should be legalized to help patients with constant suffering of pain from illnesses and age. Many patients tolerate the pain while being bedridden unable to move, States in the United States of America should lift the ban on Physician assisted suicide to...

Many people in society believe that life should end naturally. Moreover, life should be preserved and to make sure that one lives as long as possible. Theres is a debate about whether assisted suicide is morally right or wrong. Assisted suicide is defined as a...

The case which I have chosen to study, is that of Diane Pretty v United Kingdom (2346/02), a case that went through the English judicial system and on to the European Court of Human Rights. The reason for this is that it challenges both ethical...

Physician-assisted suicide is a widely discussed controversial issue in society today. There are debates over whether it is ethically correct, and whether or not assisted suicide should be legalized for the terminally ill. Each side of the argument has different viewpoints on each individual aspect...

Do people really have the right to die? Or is there even a right to die? The controversy over the immunity of an individual to end their own life when living has become emotionally and physically intolerable continues to evoke in our society. A dying...