However, with the introduction of facilities such as these ones, which have been established throughout areas in the UK, there are still many patients presently dying in homes and hospitals, whom are not benefiting from these advances. There are still many patients who are receiving sub-optimal care due to the lack of facilities in the immediate area or because local medical practitioners lack the training and skill which is required to treat the terminally ill. The solution in solving this problem is not to give doctors a pass and open their cupboards to euthanasia, however it is to supply these medical clinics with effective care and training, which should become more widely available.
Thus, people who are inflicted with terminal illnesses do not necessarily need to straight away resort to putting themselves to rest by taking the easy option and committing euthanasia. When in fact, there is still a chance to save their lives if they decide to abide to their illness, and undergo new, special treatment.
Patients with terminal illnesses are regularly found to be very vulnerable. Someone under the influence of a terminal illness will lack the knowledge and the skills to alleviate and interpret his own symptoms, and will most likely be suffering from fear about what the future will hold, and the effect in which the illness is having on others around him. Those whom regularly manage terminally ill patients tend to quickly recognize that they often suffer from depression or a false sense of worthlessness, which un doubtedly takes a toll on their ability to judge. In the current stages of their illness, patients often suffer from confusion, dementia, which inevitably lead to the lack of their ability to make sufficient and positive decisions, however this could easily be relieved with appropriate treatment. Patients who on admission say let me die, typically after effective symptom relief, are most grateful that their appeal was not complied to.
Many elderly people exist to feel a burden towards their family, careers and a society, which is cost-conscious, therefore may possibly lead to a short supply of resources. This may lead to great pressure towards the request for euthanasia. Patients such as I have described need to hear that they are valued and loved for who they are, and as they are. They need to understand that we, not only as their family however also as a community are committed first and foremost to their well-being, even if it involves disbursement of time and money. The method we go through to treat the most weak and vulnerable within our community, truly displays the kind of society we are.
Thus, People who are affected by terminal illnesses tend to suffer from many other disabilities, which tend to lead to submission of their condition, which leads to poor judgment of their decision-making. This is where the option of euthanasia kicks into play and they begin to consider this form of freedom rather than considering other methods, which may help them overcome their illness.
We may argue that the people who are consumed by the horrors of terminal illness simply may find euthanasia is the most humane and peaceful way of them going. Even though euthanasia may be the easiest and safest way for someone who deserves to be released to death, there has been many circumstances where the families of the ill do not allow them to commit euthanasia, and with the psychological and physical treatment which goes on in the newly discovered institutions; the terminally ill have been known to overcome their illness.
Therefore, there is no reason to commit voluntary euthanasia as of yet, because no matter what state your body is educed in. There will always be hope, as evidence has recently shown.
Voluntary euthanasia should not be legalized in Australia. Due to the recent research and facilities, which have been applied and put into action in certain western countries such as UK, many patients have been in awe due to the remarkable outcomes which not only they have received personally however the miraculous journey that their family persisted with them. Thus, people who are influenced by terminal illnesses may become mentally and physically weak, they may feel they have no worth anymore, they may feel that their family no longer wants to put up with them due to lack of resources or money. However, with encouragement by not only the ill’s family however also their doctors, terminal illnesses can easily be overcome. Voluntary euthanasia is un necessary in todays developing communities.
