A Dignified Death Wish
In the children’s story, “More Or Better”, a boy meets an old woman in the forest, who is selling magical beans. She offers him “more” or “better”. He chooses more and spreads it around his house. The bean plants grow so high he can’t get out. He then goes back to the old woman and tells her he’s changed his mind and he wants “better”. She gives it to him, and again he spreads it around his house. After that, he had the best vegetables ever grown. This dilemma of quality versus quantity is one which people have wrestled with for years. It is also one thing that must be considered when discussing doctor-assisted suicide. Is it better to live a long time in pain or to die when the pain becomes unbearable? Should this be an individual decision or should society, the voters, or the law decide? Doctor assisted suicide has only been a major political and ethical issue since the mid 1970’s. In previous centuries, any terminally ill person would die in a relatively short time. Now, with the miracle of modern medicine, life can be prolonged. A person with terminal cancer can live months, even years, longer than he or she would have lived one hundred years ago. (Docker) As of now, doctor assisted suicide is ill
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Approximate Word count = 1400
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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