Euthanasi Why It Should Be Legal - 936 Words

Dillon Ryser Mr. Allred English 12 10 December 2014 Euthanasia: Why It Should Be Legal In the past, a doctor was a friend who treated the diseases. Now a doctor is a stranger who combats diseases. Their job is not only to prevent death but also to improve the patient’s quality of life. Lots of times there is nothing a doctor can do to prevent a patient from dying if the patient has a terminal disease; all they can do is wait for death to arrive. This waiting time can be very painful for both the patients and the people who surround them. Not practicing euthanasia at the request of the dying person is violating a person’s rights, interfering with a doctor’s job, and increasing suffering. First off, deciding if someone wants to be alive or†¦show more content†¦Hospitals are just wasting time and money on a situation that won’t get better. If the patient wants euthanasia they deserve a quick and painless death. Doctors cannot end the huge amount of money wasted on a treatment that won’t help so why not alleviate some of those expenses from family members and taxpayers. Doctors should be allowed to end life, especially when the person desires it. â€Å"I am only doing what I, as a physician, should do†. (Kevorkian 170) It doesn’t make sense that they can keep someone alive without having the opportunity to ask that person if they want to be living like that. â€Å"Many patients now find themselves unable to live without machines that restrict their movements and often cause different kinds of pain, and some may prefer not to live at all†. (Marzilli 69) The doctor is just the person who helps the patient to do what they desire. Many would say what makes life sustaining treatment none beneficial or too big of a burden if it can achieve its design of saving life. â€Å"On the other hand, if death is in the best interests of some patients—if the withdrawal of life sustaining treatment can be said to be of benefit in this case—then death constitutes a moral good for these patients†. (Doyal) Incompetent patients are unable to benefit from further treatment or find it too large of a burden if they cannot benefit from being alive any longer. When the continuing use of life sustaining treatment is to be of no benefit or of too much burden, the doctor