A terminally ill person may start to feel like a burden financially and emotionally to love ones because of the extra care and cost incurred. On t

he financial side, realizing that death is imminent, many patients do not want to diminish their assets by incurring large medical costs. Also, for a physician to assist in suicide it only takes a dose of barbiturates and a few hours in a hospital bed, which is a lot less expensive. Some terminally ill patients would rather die sooner, and pass on their assets to their beneficiaries. On the emotional side, terminally ill patients sometimes end up needing long-term care and don't want to pass that burden onto loved ones. Some love ones that care for terminally ill family members have to change their whole lifestyle. These changes can include loss of a job job, relocation of families, and even divorce in some cases. Terminally ill patients feel guilty for imposing burdens on loved ones and would rather relieve them of the financial and emotional burdens of care and eventually choose assisted suicide.

Another reason terminally ill people elect assisted suicide is that their

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