Euthanasia a suffering patient? Psychology Research Paper

Is It Moral or Ethical to Euthanasia A Suffering Patient?
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TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc39862202 \h 3
Background/History of Euthanasia PAGEREF _Toc39862203 \h 4
Reasons Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide are Morally Permissible PAGEREF _Toc39862204 \h 5
Adoption of the correct Use For Physician-Assisted Suicide models PAGEREF _Toc39862205 \h 6
Promotes quality of life among human beings PAGEREF _Toc39862206 \h 6
Need to Uphold Individual’s rights. PAGEREF _Toc39862207 \h 7
The Utilitarian Argument: Less Suffering PAGEREF _Toc39862208 \h 8
Use of Animal Euthanasia to support Human Euthanasia PAGEREF _Toc39862209 \h 8
Responses to Critics of Euthanasia PAGEREF _Toc39862210 \h 9
The Future of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia PAGEREF _Toc39862211 \h 10
Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc39862212 \h 10
Is It Moral or Ethical to Euthanasia A Suffering Patient?
Introduction
Over the years, the topic of euthanasia has often been contentious and highly controversial. It has also become a matter of ethical and moral concern for physicians and medical practitioners who deal with patents from terminal illnesses such as advanced cancer, patients in a persistent vegetative state, among others. According to Keown (2018), the word euthanasia was derived from the terms "eu” and “thanatos" which means "good death." Notably, euthanasia is a concept whereby a person’s life is terminated to end their suffering from a terminal or permanent/incurable condition. In this sense, euthanasia is an easy death or mercy killing, which is subjected to people to protect from suffering. Thereby, the tendency to terminate the lives of those suffering incurable diseases at their request is an issue that has raised ethical and moral questions.
In the past, physicians only used their judgments during decision-making processes on the best approach to cater to the needs of their patients. However, the healthcare sector has evolved and is characterized by patients willing to make independent judgments in relation to their health and lives. The concept of euthanasia revolves around patients with unbearable pain and incurable diseases (Russell, 2016). Euthanasia entails a scenario whereby a patient is directly killed to prevent them from suffering, or a patient is allowed to die by omitting activities that may prolong their lives. In this sense, this paper will discuss the reasons euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is moral and ethical right and should be incorporated in healthcare systems and legalized worldwide.
Background/History of Euthanasia
Euthanasia is an act that has divided opinions for many centuries. It is a concept that can be traced back to primeval times. Nordqvist (2017), states that most Greek philosophers did advocate for euthanasia as a way of reducing human suffering/pain. More so, both Socrates and Plato were believers that maimed children should be killed as there was no need to keep alive individuals who did not have hope of recovering from various conditions or illnesses (Nordqvist, 2017). Historians argue that in some Greek Colonies (Modern Marseilles), it was common for old peo...