Right to Die
The Pros, Cons, and facts
Should a patcient have the right to choose when and if they end their own life?
Pros of "Right to Die"
- Suffering of the paicents and their loved ones will end in peace.
- Death won't be a surprise, it can be planned and patients can arrange final goodbyes.
- The overall healthcare burden on the family is reduced.
- If the death is planned in advance organs can be harvested and donated.
- There will be more room in hospice and hospitals for those who do not yet wish to die.
Cons of "Right to Die"
- If this law is lifted what does that say for the other laws?
- Doctors may lose respect for intencially ending paicents lives.
- Life is a sacred gift from God
- The chance or possiblity for finding cures to these terminal diseases will lower.
- This law makes suicide seem ok.
The Facts
1. an adult (age 18 or older),
2. an Oregon resident,
3. capable (able to make and communicate health care decisions)
4. diagnosed with a terminal illness (a medically confirmed incurable and irreversible condition that, within reasonable medical judgment, will lead to death within six months).
Brittany Maynard
Tony Nicklinson
Terri Schiavo
The Cold Hard Truth
- Termially ill
- You can speak your opinion
They are...
- Oregon
- Montana
- Vermont
- Washigton
Everyone has an opinion, now here is mine
Want More Information, here are my citations
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