Mentor/s
Professor Anna Vaughn
Participation Type
Paper Talk
Abstract
When an individual has a terminal illness, death may not always come rapidly or peacefully. More times than not, the individual with a terminal illness goes from being a well, able-bodied individual, to then slowly degenerating into an individual living with unbearable chronic pain and dependence on others to survive. This paper evaluates the reasons why a procedure called Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) should be legalized in all 50 states to give individuals with a terminal illness the right to die without struggling to stay alive. For those in the state of a terminal illness, who are essentially forced to slowly deteriorate until their bodies cannot compensate for their illness anymore, PAS should be legalized to give these individuals autonomy over not only their disease but the remainder of their life.
College and Major available
College of Nursing, Nursing BSN
Location
Session 19: Digital Commons & West Campus West Building Room 213
Start Day/Time
4-28-2023 10:30 AM
End Day/Time
4-28-2023 11:45 AM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Prize Categories
Best Multidisciplinary Research or Collaboration, Most Scholarly Impact or Potential, Best Writing
An Interdisciplinary View on the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Session 19: Digital Commons & West Campus West Building Room 213
When an individual has a terminal illness, death may not always come rapidly or peacefully. More times than not, the individual with a terminal illness goes from being a well, able-bodied individual, to then slowly degenerating into an individual living with unbearable chronic pain and dependence on others to survive. This paper evaluates the reasons why a procedure called Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) should be legalized in all 50 states to give individuals with a terminal illness the right to die without struggling to stay alive. For those in the state of a terminal illness, who are essentially forced to slowly deteriorate until their bodies cannot compensate for their illness anymore, PAS should be legalized to give these individuals autonomy over not only their disease but the remainder of their life.
Students' Information
Alis Koroglu, Senior Nursing Major (First professional degree-BSN), Honors minor and Psychology minor, graduation date May 2023