es pertaining to assisted suicide. In almost all of the studies the majority of people responded for the right to end ones suffering by either euthanasia or assisted suicide. In one study done in Michigan, random groups of physicians and members of the general public were mailed questionnaires asking them to choose between the legalization of physician-assisted suicide or an explicit ban. The end results were 56 percent of physicians and 66 percent of the public supported legalization, 37 percent of physicians and 26 percent of the public preferred a ban, and 8 percent of each group was uncertain. No person should have to suffer and live when there is no hope of recovery. The opinion on assisted suicide lies solely in the individual. People who are affected by the illness consider it their personal right to live or die, those loved ones around them also agree because they do not wish to see the person suffer. People on the outside looking in do not understand the situation entirely because they are not faced with it on a personal level. Because of this they should not be in charge of passing laws and restrictions on what a suffering person can or cannot do with their life.Several sympathetic articles have been written to guide physicians who receive requests for assistance in dying, and all of these address the major medical, psychosocial, and spiritual issues facing dying patients who wish to end their own lives. Even though these works significantly help with the physicians battle on how to act they leave large gaps in many areas. Since each persons situation is unique it is difficult to produce guidelines that can be followed universally.The ethical framework for discussions about assisted dying begins with informed consent. Physicians must discuss the risks, benefits, and likely outcomes of assisted suicide before they agree to the action. They must also discuss alternatives to suicide, including the possibilities of sedat...
