A controversy in nursing I believe that is starting to come around to more people is the right to die law. There are many people that have been suffering in pain due to an incurable medical condition that comes to a point of not wanting to live. Since Kevorkian MD, there have been many people with medical conditions that are incurable. These people are those that are suffering in pain as their family watches. They feel helpless as there are currently no ways to help besides giving them more pain medicine to make them comfortable. Pain medicine can only go so far to help someone but it decreases their mental capacity and decreases other functions in the human body. By extension it lowers their quality of life. I believe that a person has a right
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They are increasing their knowledge into their medical condition and what it’s going to do to them. Having a terminal illness such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, cancer etc. leads most people into hopeless despair. People are asking for ways to end their suffering along with family members as they have become witness to their disease and pain. Most famous physician that made assisted suicide known was Kevorkian, M.D., who was known for his work in the early 90’s. Kevorkian, M.D. started with a lady who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and after reviewing her case he administered her medication to end her life. “Kevorkian’s help to Adkin’s was criticized as procedurally flawed, and Adkins’s mental competence was questioned because of her diagnosis (Gibbs 1990).” After performing multiple assisted suicides, Kevorkian M.D. was scrutinized and lost his license. He continued assisting people who wanted to die until he was arrested, convicted of murder and sentenced to several years …show more content…
There is controversy of physician assisted suicide currently is with some religions as they do not believe that suicide is the way. People have been fighting their right to end their suffering, against religion, as their frightened of the end result of their terminal illness. Being debilitated and a burden on their families, in pain, suffering and having someone to take care of them that is a stranger. It is hard to imagine what a person would be going through until you have either seen it in the medical field, as family watching a loved one suffer or experienced it yourself. We have evolved our medicine to the point where we allow those to have a D.N.R. as to no resuscitate them as they would be alive with their current terminal illness and would be suffering further. With constraints in place we also know that doctors make mistakes. With a person having multiple doctors confirming their diagnosis and as they are towards the end of their life, it should be a choice that is made by that person that is sick with the support of their
They are increasing their knowledge into their medical condition and what it’s going to do to them. Having a terminal illness such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, cancer etc. leads most people into hopeless despair. People are asking for ways to end their suffering along with family members as they have become witness to their disease and pain. Most famous physician that made assisted suicide known was Kevorkian, M.D., who was known for his work in the early 90’s. Kevorkian, M.D. started with a lady who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and after reviewing her case he administered her medication to end her life. “Kevorkian’s help to Adkin’s was criticized as procedurally flawed, and Adkins’s mental competence was questioned because of her diagnosis (Gibbs 1990).” After performing multiple assisted suicides, Kevorkian M.D. was scrutinized and lost his license. He continued assisting people who wanted to die until he was arrested, convicted of murder and sentenced to several years …show more content…
There is controversy of physician assisted suicide currently is with some religions as they do not believe that suicide is the way. People have been fighting their right to end their suffering, against religion, as their frightened of the end result of their terminal illness. Being debilitated and a burden on their families, in pain, suffering and having someone to take care of them that is a stranger. It is hard to imagine what a person would be going through until you have either seen it in the medical field, as family watching a loved one suffer or experienced it yourself. We have evolved our medicine to the point where we allow those to have a D.N.R. as to no resuscitate them as they would be alive with their current terminal illness and would be suffering further. With constraints in place we also know that doctors make mistakes. With a person having multiple doctors confirming their diagnosis and as they are towards the end of their life, it should be a choice that is made by that person that is sick with the support of their