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Euthanasia should be illegal in all 50 states (Long term effect of…
Euthanasia should be illegal in all 50 states
Euthanasia has many religious opponents.
Rejected by Christian belief because of the 10 commandments.
Religions that oppose euthanasia
Buddhism
Christian
Roman Catholic
Hindu
Islam
Devalues human life
Doctors' should not have to do euthanasia
Euthanasia violates the Hippocratic Oath
"I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect."
Euthanasia would impact doctors life negatively.
Psychological
Emotional
Their own morals
American Medical Association states in their Code of Medical Ethics book that "allowing physicians to participate in assisted suicide will do more harm than good."
Long term effect of discrimination.
The Dutch experience
1 in 12 deaths in Holland in 1990 were euthanasia
More than half of these were without explicit request.
Oregon Statistics
Adverse secondary gains
government= reduce health care spending
family= do away with guilt or duty to attend the patient, for inheritance.
Create more space in hospitals
Economy= poverty stricken people only have one alternative when they are sick...euthanasia
Oregon Statistics
Social groups at risk of abuse
poor
minorities
least educated
least empowered
Gives a clear message to children who don't understand "it is better to be dead than sick or disabled.
Belgium (1 of 3 European Countries that allows Euthanasia
Patients are killed by the euthanasia at the first diagnosis of Alzheimer's or malignant disease of cancer.
30 to 40 percent of the cases of euthanasia are not even declared and there is no control of the law.
There is pressure in almost all jurisdictions (a system of law courts) of the world to legalize doctors killing their patients.
Decline of care for terminally ill people.
Jobs that would decline because of legalization of euthanasia
Nursing homes
Psychologists
In Home Caregivers
Speech Pathologist
Kinesiotherapists (a person that helps people that are limited on their strength, endurance, or movement.)
Oncology Social Worker (someone that helps people through the cancer process)
Certified Nursing Assistant
Major words to describe a caring person
compassion
sympathy
empathy
nurture
