The concept of Euthanasia
The film ‘How to Die in Oregon’ depicts an organization that helps the elderly people or the ill in making decisions on terminating their lives. The physician-assisted dying involves the patients making tough decisions that spring emotions for the viewers. In particular, the feeling of sadness is pervasive, seeing the family members sad over how the future would be without their loved ones. Additionally, it is sad to see and hear from an individual speaking his or her last words before the demise. Besides, the feeling of unhappiness and gloom is also pervasive, seeing the patients taking the medication and dying. Moreover, there is the aspect of pain with agony and heartbreak having priority when I see an individual writing his or her final words or having a recorded message for their close family members.
There is also the feeling of tensing, particularly on what will unfold on the close family members once the patient ceases to live. One may also be helpless being that we cannot change the situation but take things as they take place. However, for some cases that the film focused on, the patients are shown to be in dire pain for the chronic conditions they suffer from, thus ending their lives results in a peaceful feel. The main reason for the above emotions and feelings is the inbuilt nature of my culture that requires an individual to battle a health condition until the ultimate demise. Therefore, coming to terms with terminating a life presents difficulties that my viewpoint cannot align.
Personally, when dying, the most important thing will be to safeguard an appropriate future for the people to whom I have the responsibility of safeguarding. Ensuring that my children have enough cash to attain the best education or mortgages to have appropriate housing systems would be the key concern if I were to die. Secondly, I would prefer a peaceful death devoid of disturbances to family members or people surrounding me. Having to battle a disease that would require frequent health interventions would not be my portion. In this regard, I would not want to undergo regular pains and difficulties associated with battling chronic diseases but rather die as fast as I am diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. All these factors relate to having a quiet death isolating huge inputs from family resources.
The cases in the film relate significantly to my requirements during death. Peter Scott, A 69-year-old, decided to terminate his life for being diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis being he did not want to burden the family medical bills. Also, Gordon Green decided to go for the medications citing the difficulties the financial difficulties they underwent when his father was bedridden for twelve years. He, therefore, wants to terminate his life so that he does not pose economic challenges for his daughter. From these two perspectives, I believe that when I die, the people I leave behind should be able to go on with their normal lives rather than paying for the financial problems utilized for my medication.