Healthcare treatment and procedures have recently become a very contentious and captivating topic for society at large. The recent COVID- pandemic has illustrated the divergent and often confusing healthcare policies that impact consumers around the country. Here, each state often has different rules, regulations, and policies related to healthcare treatment options. These issues have been exacerbated by the recent rise in healthcare costs, which has brought with it a comprehensive review of applicable healthcare policies and procedures. In addition the innovations of telehealth and telemedicine has also provide a much more thorough review of not only healthcare services, but how these services are being administered. One such process is that of physician-assisted suicide. This has become a much more contentious topic since the COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase in overall healthcare related deaths. Research conducted by OCarroll found that physician assisted suicides increased nearly 30% during the COVID-19 pandemic. Admittedly, these figures are from a very low base as assisted suicides are very rare and uncommon. However, having them as a viable healthcare service solution is warranted under certain circumstances. Although controversial, assisted-physician suicide should be allowed throughout the United States. However, there should be strong controls and safeguards to alleviate many of these concerns expressed by the opposition
To begin, physician assisted suicides should be allowed as it provide a service that is demanded needed by society. Although rare, there are instances where a person may elect to use the physician assisted suicide option. Here, an individual patient may be experiencing such an inordinate amount of pain, that they require the use of physician assisted suicide. In this circumstance, the patient may not want to burden the family with higher medical bills or costs. This is becoming...
…prevent discomfort an financial harm to others. The evidence however doesnt support this claim. As of this writing, Oregon is the only state in the union with legalized physician assisted suicides. Since its passage in 1997, few than 30 people per year have elected to use physician assisted suicides. The only exception was 2020 and 2021 which saw a modest increase due to COVID-19. Although the percentage increases where high, the absolute number of deaths was very low and amounted to less than one-tenth of one percent of the patients dying in Oregon during the same time period. All else being, equal the doomsday forecast associated with physician assisted suicides has not materialized in any meaningful way. With the Oregon case study, we have over 25 years of data to substantiate the claims of the opposition. However, the data indicates that their overall opposition is…
References
1. O’Carroll, Noreen. “Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia and the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020.” Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, vol. 110, no. 438, 2021, pp. 142–57, https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.35939/studiesirishrev.110.438.0142. Accessed 24 Apr. 2022.
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