Human Right to Die A. Patient Self Determination Act1. Basic Component of Human freedome- right to die2. Right to Decide one’s own destiny at the end of their life (www.rights.org/~deathnet/Humphry_essay.html)3. Personal Quality of life May be decreased by illness (www.rights.org/~deathnet/Humphry_essay.html) Physician Assisted Suicide will contribute to the emotional wellness of the individual. If a medical conditon is unwanted…the quality of life has been decreased Right to make decisions about one’s own medical treatment(www.efn.org/~ergo/wfn28.html)B. Dignity1. A person has the right to die with personal dignity(Issues and Controversies on File; September 1995) A personal choice that should be afforded to sick and dying patients One should be in Control of their own death Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia are means of ending any suffering due to Illness…that is not curable through medication Euthanasia and Physican Assisted Suicide facilitate a death and escape from such situations as being at the mercy of others.C. Personal Decision1. The Right to die is a personal and private decision The right to die is one of a personal nature The right to die is private….every person is entitiled to privacy Individuals have the right to die in the manner of their choosing should they be terminal or in uncontrollable pain and suffering. (www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjbasset/page5.htm) Suffering from pain, a person has the right to ask a doctor to end their life for them 39% of the population approves of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and his practiceof physician assisted suicide. The Government has no right to intervene in a matter as private as one’s own death the government is neither directly or indirectly effected. A living will, can legalize euthanasia or physician assisted suicide assuming that...
