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An Individual’s Right to Die Death with Dignity Act HSM 410 An Individual’s Right to Die An individual’s right to die is a topic of discussion that always brings up an argument regardless on which side you choose to be on. It is so highly debated that there are only two states in the entire c...
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HSM 410 Week 7 Course Project: Final Paper – An Individual Right to Die
An Individual’s Right to Die
Death with Dignity Act
HSM 410
An Individual’s Right to Die
An individual’s right to die is a topic of discussion that always brings up an argument
regardless on which side you choose to be on. It is so highly debated that there are only two
states in the entire country that even have an act in place for a an individual to choose whether or
not they want to continue to live, this being Oregon & Washington. The act that is in place in
these two states is known as the Death with Dignity Act. Based off what you have just read, you
might be thinking to yourself that Oregon & Washington are giving people the right to commit
suicide whenever they feel like they want to. But this isn’t the case with the Death & Dignity
Act. What these laws actually do is “allow mentally competent, terminally ill adult state residents
to voluntarily request & receive a prescription medication to hasten their death” (Death with
Dignity Acts). What these laws do for people is give them the option to die on there on terms, &
that’s something that everyone should have the right to. The Death with Dignity Act went into
affect in Oregon in 1997, & Washington followed with its own act in 2009. When referencing the
Death with Dignity Act, many people bring up the terms physician-assisted suicide, physician-
assisted death, & euthanasia. All these terms will be discussed later on in this paper. This
document will present legislature that pertains to an individual’s right to die in the form of court
rulings, arguments for & against these acts, religious beliefs, & my own personal perspective of
the Death with Dignity Act.
With something as serious as someone’s life, there has to be certain regulations in place
for there to even be such a law that deals with taking an individual’s life. This is something that I
, HSM 410 Week 7 Course Project: Final Paper – An Individual Right to Die
believe would have been widely talked about when people were voting on whether or not to have
the Death in Dignity Act passed in both Oregon &
Washington. Now that these laws are in place, there are many rules that go along with it, assuring
that not just any individual can take their own life. First of all, they must be a resident of either of
the two states that has the act in place. People can’t just come from other states & expect that
they will be able to use the law to their benefit. This also goes for the two states that have the act
established, as in you can’t be a resident in Oregon & use the Washington’s Death with Dignity
Act, or vise versa. As a resident of one of these two states, you must also be of at least 18 years
of age, must be suffering from some type of terminal disease that is only giving you 6 months or
less to live, & you must have decision-making capacity (Lunge). Now you might be wondering
to yourself what exactly is meant when talking about decision-making capacity?
Decision-making capacity is determined by a physician to see if the specific individual
who is asking for the medication to end their life is in a right state of mind. That they are truly
capable of making a major decision such as taking one’s life & that no one is forcing them to
make this decision. This is where coercion is brought into question, physician’s have to be able
to know that this is the sole choice of the individual & that even family members aren’t playing a
role in the decision of whether the loved one is taking the medication. At the end of the day it’s
up to the patient to sign the forms. Once a patient has decided to go forward with taking the
medication then they must go through more steps to continue the process. “A patient must make
one written & two oral requests for medication to end his or her life, the written one…signed,
dated, witnessed by two persons in the presence of the patient who attest that the patient is
“capable, acting voluntarily, & not being coerced to sign the request,” & there are stringent
qualifications as to who may act as a witness” (Lunge, 2004, p.4). Once all of
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