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Should Physician assisted suicide Legal….

It is important to emphasize that only a few people dare to ask to kill him or something to commit suicide themselves. Usually people live their lives as it turns out, or so they think it necessary to survive. However, when a person dies in the house, dying long suffering and soul, tormented by physical pain, it's hard to get away from the idea that he should die faster, easier. Even people who sincerely believe in God, it's hard to take these senseless suffering with humility. The idea of killing a doctor in the throes of a dying patient at his request (euthanasia) is as old as medicine itself. Doctors always publicly refused to perform euthanasia and always, as all the people present at the terrible and humiliating sufferings, returned to her thoughts. From the memoirs of physicians know that, at least, some occasionally resorted to euthanasia. But only rare doctors believe that euthanasia should exist as an opportunity for each patient.

Today euthanasia everywhere, including in Russia, is prohibited by law. The problem with euthanasia is not that doctors do not know in which cases there is no hope of recovery. This diagnosis is usually not difficult. The problem is that the doctor should not kill. If he starts to do it, it will be one to treat, and others - to kill. Who do not receive timely treatment of modern cancer? The poor and those living in remote villages. That they who will receive a lethal injection, and metropolitan residents who have access to good medical care (on existing taxes collected, including peasants and distant villages!), and will receive the best treatment.

Second exit which is seen in such a hopeless situation - suicide. It seems that it can make any. But it is not. One does not allow it pride, others - faith. Others do not know how to end his life wisely, so that suicide was not even more painful.

Physician’s professional tradition to help people find it impossible to commit suicide. First, because people can make mistakes in assessing their condition and get away from life in a situation where effective treatment possible. For example, depression (mental suffering, when life seems lost meaning, and its realities, cause severe, painful experiences) patients often commit suicide, but depression can be effectively treated. This situation can occur in humans and in bereavement (husband, children), life loses its meaning. But proper treatment and wise adaptability of human nature after a while give people new strength and new joy in life. Second, the physicians themselves and for all the people - their patients - it is important that doctors treated and helped to live and not die. Therefore, doctors should not kill, punish, torture and commit other acts that are contrary to their primary responsibilities.

Law assistance in committing suicide is not prohibited. This means that people, including a doctor and does not commit a criminal offense, giving advice or delivering a remedy for suicide, adaptation. According to the law in the eyes of many moral suicide - unworthy act, evidence of weakness and even usurping the rights belonging only to God. However, people usually do not strict to those who mortifies himself to avoid dying agony.

Historically, the most common method of suicide and painless at dying of cancer in his final stage is to receive narcotic analgesic in a large dose. The advantage of this method is fast approaching a deep sleep. Second affordable way - inhalation of carbon monoxide. It also comes like a deep sleep state and respiratory arrest. This method is very accessible, since the carbon monoxide contained in large amounts in the fuel gas and the exhaust gases of the vehicle.

Bibliography

Asch, DA; Dekay, ML. "Euthanasia among US critical care nurses. Practices, attitudes, and social and professional correlates". Med Care 35 (9), (September 1997): 890–900.

McDougall, Jennifer Fecio; Gorman, Martha. Contemporary World Issues: Euthanasia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, (2008).