Suicide is the 8th leading cause of death. One of the main factors is linked to a terminal disease. At least 400 hundred people with a terminal disease commit suicide every year. People who are diagnosed with a terminal disease are not able to treat or make any sort of improvement to get better. In order to end the suffering, doctors came up with the solution called 'doctor assisted suicide'. Doctor assisted suicide is the act of killing yourself with the aid of doctors. It is very controversial whether it should be legalized or not. The following essay will illustrate why it should be legalized.
To begin, everyone has right to die. If we are in a severe medical condition that is unbearable, the options should be given. We can only look forward to lives filled with yet more suffering, degradation and deterioration. When such people beg for a merciful end to their pain and indignity, it is cruel and inhumane to refuse their pleas.
According to the research, for the patients, the care and medical bill they require to stay alive provides a pressure and burden on them as well as their family. Drugs for assisted suicide are far less expensive than the cost of medical care. No matter what the process is, the outcome is the same. So it helps to lessen the cost.
On the other hand, the opponents claim that most people do not go through this process, even if it is legalized. About 1 in 6 agree to undergo the procedure. The rest of them prefer to live as long as they can.
Also, people believe that doctor assisted suicide encourages the desire for death. It could lead to people giving up on treatment and losing good years of their lives. But it only allows for those people with terminal disease and who have six or less months to live.
To conclude, the options should be given to the patients who are suffering from terminal disease.
Suicide is the 8th leading cause of death. One of the main factors
is linked
to a
terminal
disease
. At least 400 hundred
people
with a
terminal
disease
commit suicide every year.
People
who
are diagnosed
with a
terminal
disease
are not able to treat or
make
any sort of improvement to
get
better. In order to
end
the suffering,
doctors
came up with the solution called 'doctor
assisted
suicide'.
Doctor
assisted
suicide is the act of killing yourself with the aid of
doctors
. It is
very
controversial whether it should
be legalized
or not. The following essay will illustrate why it should
be legalized
.
To
begin
, everyone has right to
die
. If we are in a severe medical condition
that is
unbearable, the options should be
given
. We can
only
look forward to
lives
filled with
yet
more suffering, degradation and deterioration. When such
people
beg for a merciful
end
to their pain and indignity, it is cruel and inhumane to refuse their pleas.
According to the research, for the patients, the care and medical bill they require
to stay
alive provides a pressure and burden on them
as well
as their family. Drugs for
assisted
suicide are far less expensive than the cost of medical care. No matter what the process is, the outcome is the same.
So
it
helps
to lessen the cost.
On the other hand
, the opponents claim that most
people
do not go through this process, even if it
is legalized
. About 1 in 6
agree
to undergo the procedure. The rest of them prefer to
live
as long as they can.
Also
,
people
believe that
doctor
assisted
suicide encourages the desire for death. It could lead to
people
giving up on treatment and losing
good
years of their
lives
.
But
it
only
allows
for those
people
with
terminal
disease
and who have six or
less
months to
live
.
To conclude
, the options should be
given
to the patients who are suffering from
terminal
disease
.