mal life. The medical profession should seek to show people the value of a normal life and define that most people go through tragedies and hardships, however that suffering can be overcome in time and through proper medication if needed. They are in a difference between passive and active distinction as well. We need to be able to differentiate between passively "letting die" and actively "killing." Physician assisted suicide may equate to actively “killing” and is in no way justifiable. One renowned example of this is Dr. Kevorkian’s murder of his patient so that he could attain publicity for his cause. The potential for abuse can be prevalent for certain groups of people who are lacking access to care and support and may be pushed into assisted death. To protect against these abuses, physician assisted suicide cannot be justified in all cases. Patients who refuse to be medically treated show signs of loss of hope and faith in humanity. I believe that a patient has a choice, to suffer without medical treatment or to try the alternative and see if it helps. Death is a one-way ticket, once you decide to choose death, there is no returning to the world we know as living. Physician assisted suicide is contradictory to the traditional duty of the doctor to preserve life. Besides, many abuses would take place if this were legal. In certain cases, I believe that it is ethical based upon a rights ethicist viewpoint to provide medicine that will ease an individuals’ suffering and hasten death. There are too many risks involved which could deprive people of life, this one chance we get to experience it. When a person commits suicide, there is always the uncertainty of whether or not it was the appropriate time for the individual to die. Physician assisted suicide creates too many problems within the system and reflects a shadow of doubt upon our own values of life. It projects our own doubts of lif...
