Assisted Suicide

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Assisted Suicide

Assisted suicide (or Euthanasia) is a topic undergoing serious debate. There
exist two obvious and definite opinions regarding this controversy. The
anti-euthanasia faction consist of: ² Conservative religious groups. They
are often the same organizations that oppose access to abortion. ²
Medical associations whose members are dedicated to saving and extending life,
and feel uncomfortable helping people end their lives. ² Groups concerned
with disabilities, which fear that euthanasia is the first step towards a
society that will kill disabled people against their will. These groups bring
both a religious and professional ethics perspective to the opinion that
physician assisted suicide should be prohibited by law. The other side of the
debate over euthanasia is those individuals who follow the convictions of Dr.
Jack Kevorkian and the Right to Die organization. The book Prescription:
Medicine (1993) is an interesting, yet controversial book about physician
assisted suicide. Authored by the only physician known to provide assisted
suicide to terminally ill patients, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the book brings up some
topics of heated debate. Kevorkian discusses his Suicide Machine, reasons for
assisted suicide, and some of the cases he has supervised. The Proponents for
Euthanasia In his book, Dr. Kevorkian explains the ancient roots of euthanasia
and his invention of the Suicide Machine. He gives examples of how doctors in
the time of the Pythagorean readily gave poison to any patient who requested it.
Kevorkian tries to justify assisted suicide by carefully stating the words of
the Hippocratic Oath. He also thoughtfully interprets both the laws and the oath
in order to make it look like they agree with his ideas. One justification for
assisted suicide that Kevorkian uses is that of a proclamation by a medical
committee that it is ethical for physicians to help terminally ill patients
commit suicide. Only, he doesn’t make it very obvious that the committee is
part of a special interest group known as the Society for the Right to Die. This
committee was obviously biased because of its affiliation with the organization.
There could be some complicated problems if physicians were allowed to perform
euthanasia at anytime on anybody who wanted it. The biggest problem might be if
someone is mentally and physically incapacitated to the point where they can’t
make decisions on their own, and they want to die, who is really making the
decision? Are they ...

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