Euthanasia And Physician Assisted Suicide Case Study

Imagine you have someone that you love very dearly suffering from cancer or another fatal illness. Would you want them to suffer? Or would you want them to have choices about their end of life method. Did you know that five states in the USA and eight countries including Colombia, Mexico, and the Netherlands support Euthanasia. According to Euthanasia Statistics called “Static Brain” 54% of doctors support Euthanasia. 86% of the people polled support Euthanasia for those that are terminally ill and or on life support. Euthanasia, also know as mercy killing, is the act of putting a person or animal to death painlessly or allowing that person or animal to die by withholding extreme medical measures when the person or animal is suffering from

This helps the patient communicate to make their own choices for their health. A living will is usually created long before they become ill so therefore it is not a document for euthanasia. People create living wills so that they can have a written document that shows their wishes if they become terminally ill. In the case study of Claire Conroy, she was terminally ill with heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and her left leg was gangrenous to the knee. She had bed sores, couldn't speak, urinated through a catheter and lost control of her bowels. If she had a living will she would have been able to die a peaceful way using euthanasia. This living will would have assisted her family in making difficult decisions and respected her human rights. This living will, had it been written before she got ill, would have encouraged Claire and her family to have an open discussion about death. Instead the courts argued over her end of life decisions and she died a painful death before the courts could render a decision. I think everyone should have a living will so that they can communicate with their caregivers and be medically prepared in case of an