In five pages this paper discusses pain management issues and the rights of patients in a consideration of the Dax Cowart case. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography.
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of this paper that contends patients should have the right to pain management. If medical science cannot manage the pain, the patient should possibly be allowed to die. Many patients
are turned down when they request increases in pain medication due to the fear of addiction, but this is inexcusable. The concept of dependency is discussed as a consequence of
pain management but should not be confused with addiction. One health care issue is in the area of pain management, something that also touches on territory related to
the right to die. While many people have fought for the right to die, if they are in great pain and have a terminal illness, there are other pain issues
that surface. What if medical science cannot control constant pain? Should the patient have the right to die? This issue really goes to the whole assisted suicide question that Dr.
Kervorkian is well known as addressing. However, he assists people who are dying. Another issue is regardless of whether or not a person will live, should he or she have
the right to be pain free at any cost? This health care management issue has come up and unusual case exemplifies this quite succinctly.
The Dax Cowart case, that has become rather well known, involves a seriously injured man who was left with significantly reduced quality of life due to a
car accident ("A Right," 2000). Throughout the painful treatment to keep Dax alive, the patient pleaded with both of his doctors as well as his relatives to be allowed to
die (2000). He simply could not stand the pain. Yet, as Cowarts doctor said, the patient can certainly survive, but has the desire to die (2000). At first glance,