Euthanasia
Euthanasia is the act of intentionally terminating a person’s life to relieve pain and suffering. Life is precious and, therefore, a valuable gift that should be held as a priority. Euthanasia may be performed with the patient’s or the caretaker’s consent. Patients with mental disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, and so forth are considered high risk of committing suicide. Therefore, proper care should be administered to them. From a nursing point of view, euthanasia has its pros and cons.
The merits of euthanasia include, patients suffering from incurable ailments have a choice of considering euthanasia to end their misery (Inbadas et al. 2017). Also, euthanasia reduces the burden to the family members of seeing their loved one continual pain. Through euthanasia, essential body organs such as the kidney, heart, liver, and so on are donated to sick patients in need.
The cons of euthanasia are, according to Math & Chaturvedi (2012), sometimes the intentions of ending a person’s life may be malicious by family members to inherit the property of the patient if they are wealthy. Euthanasia denies the patients a second chance to live. Additionally, the research scientists are denied a chance of finding a cure since euthanasia is the easy way out. The government should support endeavors of getting treatment which is a better solution
Euthanasia sometimes is not always the best option as it leaves the family members with depression and questions of what if we considered giving the patient more time to recuperate. In some cases, patients with deadly conditions recover and get back to their daily lives. Patients with fatal ailments should be provided with consistent love, compassion, and care to help them fight the life-threatening disease rather than giving up on them.