facilitates a patient's death by providing the necessary

means and/or information to enable the patient to

perform the life-ending act (Physician-Assisted

Suicide). Physician-assisted suicide is illegal in most

states with the only exception being Oregon.

Unfortunately, physician-assisted suicide has been

gaining support over the past half century in the United

States. Although physician-assisted suicide has been

gaining support, physician-assisted suicide is wrong

and should not be practiced in the United States. One

of the main issues against physician-assisted suicide is

that some complications could lead to further injury

and more pain than the terminally ill patient is already

suffering. Ad

are a lot of palliative care options available and if they

complications. Also, 18% of the patients didn't die as

not receive this care. One of the main alternatives to

supposed to be looked at before granting assisted

patient in extreme pain. Studies have shown that

the request for assisted suicide is reduced.

18% of the cases led to euthanasia because of

care options available to the terminally ill patient.

personal with better care ("What is Hospice"). There

suicide don't fully discuss the alternatives to it such as

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