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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the legal/ethical issues of advance directives. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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not want to be tied to technology to be kept alive like so many of his friends have had to endure. On the one hand, his son is the
best choice for proxy decision-maker, however, he is not at all sure his son will be able to make the difficult decisions necessary in order to carry out his wishes.
Moreover, dying with dignity and without suffering is important to the elderly father, but is asking his son to potentially participate in an illegal act by helping him take
his own life the right thing to do even if the circumstances are dire? Oregon is the first state to legally allow physician-assisted suicide. Rae (2009) points to
six primary variables to that define euthanasia: active - deliberately overdosing with medication; passive - deliberately withdrawing medical treatment; voluntary - patient request; involuntary - against patients wishes; non-voluntary -
no request from patient either way; and assisted suicide - doctor provides means to ends but does not administer. Euthanasia by action and omission refers to intentional death by
carrying out an action and by withholding life-sustaining care, respectively. II. Determine Ethical Issues Pulling the plug on a terminally ill person
is an act of mercy, because death is not a demon when life has come to an obvious end and should not be withheld for the sake of extraordinary means
(Rae, 2009). Withholding nutrition and/or hydration, however, can be construed as a harsh path to what is otherwise a merciful act; by the same token, the father should have
every right to dictate how he is to die when quality of life is gone. The Supreme Court had to grapple with this very situation yet removed itself from
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