IS IT IMPORTANT TO SIGN a

LIVING WILL?
People do not have their own rights
RELIGION AND ASSISTED SUICIDE
to death by their own decision.
Only God is in control of life.

STATES WHICH SUPPORTS

EUTHANASIA

A living will provides clear

and convincing evidence of
ones wishes regarding end
of life. Since we are living in
a free world where every
individual is given a lawful
DO PATIENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO DIE? right to choose what he/she

Euthanasia encourages society to

thinks is the best, a living

accept suicide. Society discourages

euthanasia as they believe that it
directs people to commit murder,
All religions opposes assisted
which is against the laws.

will allows the people to

state their wishes for end of

life medical care.

WHAT DO EXPERTS SAY ABOUT ASSISTED
suicide and euthanasia. Many
It allows SUICIDE?
medical withdrawal
People
whoadhere
are paralyzed
cannot
religions
to ancient
Michael H. Whites, an expert who practices
help
themselves
commit suicide,
traditions
and understanding
of to end life.
law in death and dignity education, says that
laws
have to
be journey.
passed. They base
physical
lifes
physician
assisted
suicide and euthanasia
Can be used
to refuse
extra
Proponents
of assisted
their arguments
backsuicide
to Genesis,
should be a lawful medical procedure for
ordinary life prolonging care.
want
laws
be passed
competent terminally ill adults.
where
a to
natural
deaththat
is socially
There must be proper guidelines and
allows
euthanasia because they
accepted.
procedures to end death. Decision to
feel that there are many who
Assisted suicide is like turning
end life either through assisted
want to die but their disease,
human beings into slaves. People
suicide or other preferred methods
which has made them
should be treated with dignity, and
always comes with consequences.
handicapped, makes them
human slavery is wrong. Many
Assisted suicide should be the last
unable to end their lives in an
families take advantage of assisted
option to end death, only after all
honorable manner.
treatments have been exhausted.
suicide and ask physicians to help
There must be proper medication to
One
can
kill
himself/herself
them in killing one of their family
patients before thinking of assisting
anytime
theyThey
want.
members.
doSupporters
so because they
suicide.
of think
assisted
that
it issuicide
costingargue
to take
care of

Physicians need to be trained to give

patients
have
moral right
to
patients
witha chronic
diseases.
patients treatment on pain and
choose
what
they want
to do
Assisted
suicide
is killing
and its
depression. Patients should be
with
their lives
long as their
against
Gods as
commandments.
handled with special care to make
action causes no harm to others.
them comfortable.

In the United States, a number of

States namely Oregon,
Washington, California and
Vermont legalized euthanasia. The
question which has been on the
debate for so long was whether
the government have a right to
make people surfer. Brittany
Maynard, one of the hundreds of
people in five U.S states who have
taken the advantage of death with
dignity laws Sparked national
debate recently in Oregon. The 29
years old woman who had
terminal brain cancer, went public
with her decision to end her own

life (Barone, 2004). Since death

with dignity act went into effect in
Oregon in the year 1997, Maynard
is one of more than 750 people in
Oregon who have ingested a lethal
dose of prescription medication.
According to Emily Barone as cited
in her article (Barone, Nov 3,
2004) Patients should have a
right to choose how they die if
they are already in the process of
dying from terminal illness

SOLUTIONS TO ASSISTED
SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA
According to Michael H. Whites
who practices law in death with
dignity education, proper
guidelines and procedures to end
death is a compassionate
response to relieve suffering of
dying patients. He further states
that there should be proper
management and good training on

physicians or doctors to offer good

life sustaining treatments
Assisted suicide should be made a
last option to end life after all
medical and good palliative care
have been approved not
functioning.
Patients should be given their
personal rights to choose their end
of life process. They should be not
be dictated on matters their life.