Should assisted deaths be allowed?

Question

To desprate mum why are you being rude .am i not allowed to ask a question .After all i thought that this was yahoo Q/A

Answer 1

Can be a difficult situation if the "assister" also benefits in some way from the person's death.

I'd say this probably happens a lot more than we know about , already. But I can see many pitfalls surrounding this issue, mainly around the issue of 'inheritance".

I'd say all the family would have to be in agreement and it's unlikely this would ever happen when there was money or property involved.

But leaving someone alone in a hospital room, with a morphine dispenser and all he has to do is keep pressing the button- what would you call that?

Hopefully we'll get an answer from one of those angels of mercy who work the night shift in terminal hospices. They have got a difficult job and they must have something to add on this issue.

Answer 2

It is a very difficult subject and I'm gonna get a lot of thumbs down for this but here goes.
As a care-worker and Daughter I would say Yes!
I watched my mum suffer and her last three years she was bed-ridden. She was ready to die but her body wouldn't let her! I found it very difficult to do nothing!and YES she did ask!!!
As a care-worker I see people who are dying and in pain and they often wish someone would do something!
Its also hypocritical in the UK when a Doctor can withdraw food from someone if He/She thinks it in the patients best interest when the patient is incapable of Voicing his/her opinion. I know this is true because I know someone who took his case to court and lost. He wanted the right to live, even when he becomes totally paralised which he will.
I think if the person makes this decision and can put it in writing there is nothing wrong with Euthanasia! We dont let our animals suffer the same fates!!!!

Answer 3

Dr. Kevorkian? Should there be a way to be merciful to our own kind due to severe illness with no cure. Even if there may be a cure a year from now, do we make them suffer. Can they have a choice when they are of right mind and know there is no cure, only endless pain and suffering? Really strange you asked this question. I just today put to sleep a kitten with severe birth defects, pectus excavatum, considered a flat chested kitten. He was 5 months old and was dragging his legs, he couldn't use the litter box anymore because his body was so deformed. Even with our family loving him so dearly, the only merciful thing to do is to let him go. You know how hard it is to let something you love go so there was no more pain.... But sometimes it is the best thing to do in severe cases. Yes, someone in their right mind without cure and chooses this on their own should be allowed to go peacefully without pain.

Answer 4

All of you who answered NO: I hope you will not have to suffer alone in your room, knowing that you are dying SUFFOCATING because of a lung disease, (there are some diseases worse tham cancer), or waiting for your death with some obstructed intestine (when doctors refuse to perform any operation because of diabetes or because of a weak heart), and also waiting for your death being on morphine, after a fall that nails you immobile to a wheel chair, with an inoperable broken piece of bone in your leg.

I have seen many others in desperate situations, who can't say YES for the Eutanasia from their deepest unhelpful condition they are in, especially in nursing homes.
When you are already in that unhelpful situation, you will be unable to DEFEND yourself, and ask for the Euthanasia.
Young people never consider seriously the suffering that aged or suffering people endure.
One always think that death is for others, and not for us.
So I think YES is the right answer. We have to defend that cause, before it's too late.

Answer 5

It should be considered on a case-by-case basis. I'm not sure who should have the final say, but the whole picture should be looked and all factors considered first. After all, in our society we have perfectly healthy family members already being killed by other family members. What would happen if they were given carte blanche? It's not really a yes or no question.

Answer 6

This is a hard one. I think it would depend on the situation and the person involved.
My own personal opinion is that yes it should be allowed in certain circumstances.
If you were suffering from "motor neurone" disease for example, I can think of nothing worse that your body failing and the mind still alert,and knowing that your body will slowly suffocate you as your lungs fail. [people with this usually die from respiratory illness].

Assisted is much kinder, more peaceful and more dignified than killing yourself.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Yes. This is a free country and people should be allowed to do anything they want, as long as it's consensual. If people want to die, let them die. Nobody should have to suffer if they are living in pain.

Answer 9

no it should not be allowed.. Remember Dr. Kevorkian.. he said that he believed that he was doing the right thing helping others not suffer. But it doesnt matter, It is wrong and Immoral....back in the 80s and the 90s there were cults... I believe that it is wrong and immoral thing a person can do to another.. no matter what they are going through.. They should go about as god planned for them.. Anyways that is my 2 cents. lol Ciao

Answer 10

If you have ever seen someone dying from cancer lying in helpless and asking for their mum when that person is 74 years old then YES