Reply to the main post 1&2. Also respond to the two student posts below
If I was 75 years old, had a terminal illness, and was in severe pain, would I consider physician assisted-suicide as being an option for coping with my deteriorating condition? Why or why not?
Should physician assisted-suicide be legalised for older persons who have terminal illnesses, are in severe pain, and want to die? Why or why not?
Carmen Lopez
If I was 75 years old, had a terminal illness, and was in severe pain, would I consider physician assisted-suicide as being an option for coping with my deteriorating condition? Why or why not?
-This is a sensitive topic; I would not consider physician assisted-suicide due to my religion. Not only that I would want to cope with it as best as I can and try to live my life. I would not want to go down without a battle.
Should physician assisted-suicide be legalised for older persons who have terminal illnesses, are in severe pain, and want to die? Why or why not?
-I do not think it should be legalised. I put myself in a doctor’s perspective and who would want to play a part in something like that? This is not something I believe should be a thing or even normalised.
Jessica Hernandez
The question as to if I were a 75-year-old and had a terminal illness, severe pain, would I consider a physician assisted-suicide as an option for coping with my deteriorating condition?
No, I say this because I don’t believe I should be consulting a medical professional honestly. Morally I would want to go to my family and have them help with the decision and then perhaps go on to consulting a physician on “assisted-suicide” however, I still don’t believe in it.
Should physician assisted-suicide be legalised for older people with a terminal illness, and are in severe pain who want to die? I have mixed feelings about this, one side of me agrees that it should be legalised, another believes it shouldn’t.
Coming from someone who has had family with terminal illness, to have my loved one be able to have their physician help assisted-suicide, I couldn’t fathom. At the same time, I believe it is anyone’s right who doesn’t want to suffer anymore to be able to have that option if it exists.