Question

Healthcare Ethics

Is suicide always immoral? Are there stipulations that could help regulate it? (Oregon’s “Death with Dignity” law can offer you concrete help. Should mature minors or vulnerable adults who are ill be able to give consent? If not, do they have a role in decision making? Why should the distinction between killing and allowing to die continue to be important? Daniel Callahan’s article is helpful here

Answer 1

Medical advancement has brought solutions to most of the diseases but still there are diseases which can't be cured and has a painful prognosis towards death.

Suicide is always considered to be immoral because no one has the right to end their life as it is against nature and law doesn't permit it.

Oregon's Death and Dignity or Death with dignity has provided a law which allows terminally ill patient who can survive for six months or less can get a lethal dose of medication prescribed by their treating provider after proper approval from the government.

Minors who are mature enough can take decision for smaller or simpler diseases but not to end their life.In this type of situation the parents are solely responsible for making decisions after a thorough discussion with the provider

Vulnerable patient who are major and has no support of medical treatment which can improve can end their life depending upon the disease conditions

They can actively taken part in decision making when they are vulnerable patients or mature minors.

It is made important in most of the state due to relieve a patient suffering from severe pain and the family members incapability to see their loved ones suffer eith the debilitating disease which has no cure.