Thursday, December 4, 2014
Assisted Suicide
For my research project I decided to do the morality of physician assisted suicide. I read the book Assisted Suicide, by Lauri S. Friedman. The book talks about all angles of physician assisted suicide including whether or not it should be legal, does it threaten vulnerable people, and is it moral? Some believe it is not moral because it harms the patient-doctor relation ship. Others believe it is moral because it is a doctors duty to end suffering their patients have. Many people have their own opinions on whether it is moral or not and the debate on whether it will be legal or not will continue for a long time.
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After reading your post I only came out with questions, how does the physician assist the patient in suicide? Do they give them a mask and a can of helium? Is it pill based? Can the physician be accused of murder if the patient's family didn't want them to die? Nice post.
ReplyDeleteWhy would it harm the patient docter relationship if they are choosing assisted suicide wouldn't they not have a relationship anymore? It's interesting how this is such a hot topic nowadays it will be hard to get a clear answer since so many people are split on the decision. If they were to come to a decision now which do you think it would be?
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