PROMPT: Respond to this point of view, held by many people in the US. “Doctors shouldn’t have the power to decide when someone is going to die and so physician-assisted suicide should not be...

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Respond to this point of view, held by many people in the US. “Doctors shouldn’t have the power to decide when someone is going to die and so physician-assisted suicide should not be permitted. Besides, if you love somebody enough, you are going to want to care for them while they are sick and take care of them until they die. You don’t want them dead. You want them to get the best possible care! The people who want to see these laws passed must have hearts of stone.” Use what you have learned to (a) explain why this is an issue in bioethics; (b) explain what physicia
n-assisted suicide is and correct this person’s misconceptions; (c) explain why many people believe that it is ethical and good public policy to legalize physician-assisted suicide and (d) list at least two reasons why opponents believe that it is unethical or bad public policy and (e) discuss the prospects for it to spread further in the US.
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Answer To: PROMPT: Respond to this point of view, held by many people in the US. “Doctors shouldn’t have the...

Rupsha answered on Dec 07 2021
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Running Head: RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA TO SELF ASSIST SUICIDE        
RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA TO SELF ASSIST SUICIDE        

RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA TO SELF-ASSIST SUICIDE
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    Doctors have to take the Hippocratic Oath under the bioethics while starting their career. They take vow to use treatment to help the sick people. They take the vow to never injure them and never do anything wrong with them. As opined by Hulkower (2016), the doctors take the vow not to give poison to the sick people even if they are told to do so. Doctors give poisonous medicines to their patients to assist them in suicide, which is against the vows of Hippocratic Oath. Therefore, the physician-assisted suicide is an issue in bioethics.
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    Physician assisted suicide is a custom, where patients are given lethal medicine in order to terminate their lives by the physicians. The physicians assist patients in suicide if the condition of the patient fits under the assisted suicide laws. Patients must have chronic illness therefore; the doctors can assist them in suicide. When the death of the patient is forthcoming and there is no hope to be recovered then the doctors give lethal medicines to the patients for...
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