Mentor/s
Professors Amanda Moras and Mark Jareb
Participation Type
Poster
Abstract
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been a widely debated topic over the last couple of decades. There are many various ways of completing PAS, there is active, passive, voluntary, involuntary, or non-voluntary. There are other end of life approaches, including hospice and palliative care in order to prevent the patient from choosing to end their life pre-maturely. This is a very controversial topic and many people disagree with whether or not people have the right to choose to die, or if physicians even have the right to provide or administer a drug that can induce death. The government and legalization also has a large impact on whether or not PAS or euthanasia is allowed. There are many biological and physiological processes to consider during the period in which patients are choosing to participate in PAS. Each and every case of a patient is unique, and PAS cannot be given a universal decision on whether it should or should not be allowed. Many studies have been done to assess the biological, psychological, bioethical, and religious views around PAS. Both bio-ethically and sociologically, there are many different points of views regarding if PAS is ethical and whether it should be allowed. A physician is said to have the role of healing people, and by allowing PAS, is it going against what their job is? Others may say that allowing PAS is helping the patient end their suffering and physicians should help a patient end their suffering.
College and Major available
Exercise Science UG
Location
University Commons
Start Day/Time
4-20-2018 1:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-20-2018 3:00 PM
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Prize Categories
Best Multidisciplinary Research or Collaboration, Most Creative, Most Meaningful
Debate on Physician Assisted Suicide
University Commons
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been a widely debated topic over the last couple of decades. There are many various ways of completing PAS, there is active, passive, voluntary, involuntary, or non-voluntary. There are other end of life approaches, including hospice and palliative care in order to prevent the patient from choosing to end their life pre-maturely. This is a very controversial topic and many people disagree with whether or not people have the right to choose to die, or if physicians even have the right to provide or administer a drug that can induce death. The government and legalization also has a large impact on whether or not PAS or euthanasia is allowed. There are many biological and physiological processes to consider during the period in which patients are choosing to participate in PAS. Each and every case of a patient is unique, and PAS cannot be given a universal decision on whether it should or should not be allowed. Many studies have been done to assess the biological, psychological, bioethical, and religious views around PAS. Both bio-ethically and sociologically, there are many different points of views regarding if PAS is ethical and whether it should be allowed. A physician is said to have the role of healing people, and by allowing PAS, is it going against what their job is? Others may say that allowing PAS is helping the patient end their suffering and physicians should help a patient end their suffering.
Students' Information
Sara Pires is a student in the Thomas More Honors Program.