Euthanasia Healthcare Sectors

Question: Discuss about the Euthanasiafor Healthcare Sectors. Answer: Euthanasia is mainly defined as the concept that includes the killing of an individual in order to relive her from the pain or the chronic illness from which the patient is suffering. This concept is not accepted by a large number of nations but there are some other nations like Netherlands, Belgium and others who have legalized it. In most of the nation, where Euthanasia is not legalized, there have been evidences that most of the healthcare professionals face ethical dilemma when cases of euthanasia arises in their practice. The statement provided by the author should be supported by the government and hence the healthcare sectors. The life of an individual depends entirely upon the persons own rights and therefore he holds the extreme position of himself to decide what he wants to do with his life. Medical science and its advancements in the field of healthcare often holds their victory above the wishes of patients and cannot accept the fact that chronic disorder which has different alternative methods to be treated are rejected by novice patients who are unaware of the inventions (Gammondi et al., 2014). They believe that the concept of euthanasia is undermining their success or they believe that the patients are not being able to emphasize the vastness and the strength of medical science. However, present medical science is not considering the very basis of healthcare service which is providing a quality life to patient and achieves patient satisfaction. The primary aim of healthcare professional is t o satisfy the patient needs and provide care to her in a way that would benefit her and make her life beautiful. Maintaining the autonomy and dignity of the patient is an important principle that needs to be followed by every healthcare professional (Subba et al., 2016). It is extremely important for the healthcare staff to respect the patient and fulfill his wishes and demands. A person who had reached a stage of life where he is unable to take the pain of a long term disease and is unable to maintain an independent better quality life should be given enough chance to decide on behalf of himself what he wants to do with his life. This comes within the fundamental rights of a citizen to decide about his own life that does not involve any harm to anyone elses right. Therefore it often becomes a difficult decision for the healthcare staff as codes of ethics and codes of professional conduct published by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia suggest the importance of ethics in m aintaining dignity and autonomy of a person (Murphy, 2016). On the other hand, acceptance of euthanasia may lead the healthcare professional into legal complication as euthanasia is not legalized by Australia. The theory of deontology that revolves around providing patients the best care to make them relive from pain and develop the quality of life cannot always be accepted. A patient suffering terribly with a disease often loses expectation from life, loses individuality, and lives on assistance of others, unable to move freely and others (Gammondi et al., 2014). Autonomy of a person involves his right to choose his interventions and his right to choose a good death. Often in most of cases, it has been noted end of life care or palliative care fails revive back better quality life of the patients and as a result depression, loneliness and feeling of hopelessness engulfs (Parmar, Rathod Parikh, 2016). Besides, often aggressive medical care and even palliative care results in huge loss of resources which do not guarantee better quality life. Therefore, supporting an individuals wishes in her healthcare should be the primary aim of a healthcare staff. Overcoming a persons dignity and autonomy to save a patients life with care that is not wanted, will in turn be not fruitful. A care where patients satisfaction is not met should be considered unethical and will be rejected. Hence legalization of euthanasia should be accepted. References: Gamondi, C., Borasio, G. D., Limoni, C., Preston, N., Payne, S. (2014). Legalisation of assisted suicide: a safeguard to euthanasia.Lancet,384(127), 61154-5. Murphy, S. T. (2016). Supreme Court of Canada Orders Legalization of Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) 2015 SCC 5. Parmar, P., Rathod, S., Parikh, A. (2016). Perceptions of patients towards euthanasiaA medico-legal perspective.Age (Years),20(12), 21-30. Subba, S. H., Khullar, V., Latafat, Y., Chawla, K., Nirmal, A., Chaudhary, T. (2016). Doctors Attitude Towards Euthanasia: A Cross-sectional Study.Journal of The Association of Physicians of India,64, 44.