Research Paper on:
Argument to Legalize Physician Assisted Suicide

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in general. It should, perhaps, be understood that there are two different forms of euthanasia in the medical community. There is passive euthanasia which allows a person to die by  taking them off of machines or by keeping certain medication from them that would prolong their life. Active euthanasia is essentially assisted suicide for it takes direct action it does  not merely deny treatment. In our society, where any kind of killing is not accepted, many argue that this approach is wrong and that assisted suicide, based on the  quality of life, is something that should not be acceptable. However, it is interesting to note that "Sixty-five percent say assisted suicide should be legal" (Paul, 2002; p. NA). In  returning to the argument, however, let us imagine an individual who is suffering from an incurable form of cancer, a throat cancer that is literally eating away at the patient.  The patient is in excruciating pain, a pain that cannot be eased by medication any longer. The doctors have only given this patient a few days to live, but as  we can well imagine, living a few more days in such constant and excruciating pain is literally a waste of life. The patient wants to die and asks for help  from the medical professionals. Even his family agrees and begs for the professionals to withhold treatment. The doctor agrees. But, unfortunately for the patient, he does not die in a  few days but goes on for two more months. Is this fair? If the patient were allowed to have an assisted suicide would this not have been far more ethical  and kind? As one advocate of assisted suicide states, "we need a new law for those who are terminally ill and who cannot truly be made comfortable by modern medical