Physician-Assisted Suicide
Thesis: With today’s medical advancements and innovations, along with evolving human beliefs, patients no longer have to die a long and agonizing death.
I. Introduction
A. Good morning
B. V.P. of Chronic Disease Prevention and Management at American Medical Association. I am an MD, as well a Fellow, at the American Heart Association and American Academy of Family Physicians. Advocate for America’s physicians before Congress and the Administration on Capitol Hill. Assure that medicine has a cohesive voice in Washington to achieve legislative goals.
C. Acceptance of medical aid in dying
II. Attention Getter: Webster’s dictionary defines suicide as “the act of killing yourself because you do not want to continue living.” …show more content…
Oregon, Washington, Vermont, Montana and California Death with Dignity laws allow mentally competent, terminally-ill adult state residents to voluntarily request and receive a prescription medication so they can die in a peaceful, humane manner in a place and time of their choosing. (“Death”)
B. In 2010, it is estimated that a total of 1.3 to 1.4 million Americans received hospice care. This has steadily increased to a total of 1.6 to 1.7 million Americans who received hospice care in 2014. The number of patients who were served by hospice has steadily increased over the past several years. (“Facts”)
V. AMA Policy on End-of-Life Care (“AMA”)
A. Opinion E-2.037 Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care When further intervention to prolong the life of a patient becomes futile, physicians have an obligation to shift the intent of care toward comfort and closure.
B. Opinion E-2.035 Futile Care
Physicians are not ethically obligated to deliver care that, in their best professional judgment, will not have a reasonable chance of benefiting their patients.
VI. Contrast in Medical Aid in Dying and Assisted-Suicide (“Why”)
A. People who seek medical aid in dying have a terminal illness and want to live; suicide victim has no terminal illness and wants to
Thesis: With today’s medical advancements and innovations, along with evolving human beliefs, patients no longer have to die a long and agonizing death.
I. Introduction
A. Good morning
B. V.P. of Chronic Disease Prevention and Management at American Medical Association. I am an MD, as well a Fellow, at the American Heart Association and American Academy of Family Physicians. Advocate for America’s physicians before Congress and the Administration on Capitol Hill. Assure that medicine has a cohesive voice in Washington to achieve legislative goals.
C. Acceptance of medical aid in dying
II. Attention Getter: Webster’s dictionary defines suicide as “the act of killing yourself because you do not want to continue living.” …show more content…
Oregon, Washington, Vermont, Montana and California Death with Dignity laws allow mentally competent, terminally-ill adult state residents to voluntarily request and receive a prescription medication so they can die in a peaceful, humane manner in a place and time of their choosing. (“Death”)
B. In 2010, it is estimated that a total of 1.3 to 1.4 million Americans received hospice care. This has steadily increased to a total of 1.6 to 1.7 million Americans who received hospice care in 2014. The number of patients who were served by hospice has steadily increased over the past several years. (“Facts”)
V. AMA Policy on End-of-Life Care (“AMA”)
A. Opinion E-2.037 Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care When further intervention to prolong the life of a patient becomes futile, physicians have an obligation to shift the intent of care toward comfort and closure.
B. Opinion E-2.035 Futile Care
Physicians are not ethically obligated to deliver care that, in their best professional judgment, will not have a reasonable chance of benefiting their patients.
VI. Contrast in Medical Aid in Dying and Assisted-Suicide (“Why”)
A. People who seek medical aid in dying have a terminal illness and want to live; suicide victim has no terminal illness and wants to