Closets Are for Clothes
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Over 1 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year, causing death in more
than half of them over the same period of time. (Lieberson). According to studies
done on the pain and suffering of 988 terminally ill patients from 6 randomly selected
U.S. sites, 496 (50%) terminally ill patients reported moderate or severe pain from the
mid stages of their illness. In the last stages of their illness, over 250 of those 496
patients, reported severe and unbearable pain.( Dept. of Clinical Bioethics )
We as Americans offer out our hand to help other nations who suffer, regularly. We
assist these nations with armed forces, financial aid, medical needs, food, etc. in order to
keep them from suffering. But when it comes to the American people’s right not to suffer,
we deny them. We deny terminally ill Americans the right to end their suffering. We
force them to live out their life in physical torment. We deny them the right to die with
dignity. We as Americans are kinder to animals when it comes to this issue. If our
beloved pet is suffering, we euthanize them out of love and with the aspect it’s the
humane thing to do.
Terminally ill patients rights have been in question for decades. Patients seeking relief
from the suffering of the illness is looked upon by society as taboo. The word suicide,
places a negative aspect to the topic of one wanting to be released from the pain and
suffering they are enduring from their illness. Patients rights to not endure the treatments,
medications, loss of mobility, loss of bodily functions, loss of coherent thought process
are being gravely ignored. We as Americans need to step up and start treating these
people with the common respect and care we express to a stray dogs on the street, that is
suffering.
Many people view medically assisted suicide as a way for Americans to start murdering the elderly for financial gain or...
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