Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide

Euthanasia is known as the assisted suicide by a physician to kill a patient who is suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. Euthanasia is also the right to refuse treatment in order to prevent the patient’s life expectancy. There origins of Euthanasia have been debatable, of existing as far back as Ancient Greece and Rome. “Until the time of Hippocrates, physicians had two duties: one to cure and, if that was not possible, a duty to kill” (“Global History of Euthanasia” 2003). In the 4th Century BC, the father of medicine, Hippocrates wrote the Hippocratic Oath. In part, the Oath states:”To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause his death. Nor will I give a woman a pessary …show more content…
The well-being of a patient was believed to be finding a cure for their disease at any cost. Many patients have to endure great suffering before the doctors can make a diagnosis and find the correct treatment. However, suffering in some cases has been argued that the physician is doing more harm than good by not allowing the patient find an end to their suffering. In society, Doctors have the duty to help ill patients get better. Helping a patient end their life in order to no longer be suffering, goes against social norms of their role as a …show more content…
People do have their concerns on the regulations of euthanasia. Like any other law, it prohibits people from doing bad things, but that doesn't stop bad people from doing bad things. Some people worry that whatever regulations are in place, vulnerable patients will be pressured into to just choosing death or denying treatment to speed up the dying process. Some argue that even though euthanasia is illegal people still do it. It would be better for everyone if it were legal and had a set of regulations and conditions. Regulations would consist of: setting investigations to see if the patient is psychologically stable to make a decision that extreme, his family dynamics, among with more obvious things, such as the patient's medical condition, and the quality of life of the patient. Many developed countries have legalized euthanasia and like anything it did have some minor

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