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This 4 page paper argues in favor of the right of terminally ill patients to end their lives. It also explains the difference between active and passive euthanasia. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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die and argues in favor of the practice; it also discusses active and passive euthanasia. Discussion Its probably fair to say that objections to the right to die come from
family members and friends who cannot bear to let the patient go, or from religious groups who believe that only God has the right to determine when life should end.
However, these considerations have to be weighed against the fact that anyone seeking the option of euthanasia is undoubtedly in such agony that death is preferable to continued life. Some
interesting things happen when people know that they have the option of dying: first, knowing they are in control may make suffering "easier to bear because it is experienced voluntarily"
(Seale, 2006, p. 661). Right-to-die advocates also argue that "the promise of an assisted death contributes to the ethical principle of not abandoning patients to their suffering" (Seale, 2006, p.
661). Those who are fearful that laws will be abused by greedy relatives, careless physicians or people who might make the choice to end their lives because they are
deeply depressed, but might not have done so otherwise, should not be worried (Seale, 2006). Oregon has had a death with dignity act in place for some time, and none
of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people opted to end their lives under the Oregon act between 1998 and 2003; not a
huge number (Seale, 2006). Those who took this option tended to be "white (none were African-American, highly educated and privately insured. Rather than being clinically depressed and therefore incompetent, these
people tend to be rather determined individuals, concerned not to tolerate the dependency and loss of personal identity of certain forms of illness" (Seale, 2006, p. 661). Hospice and palliative
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