Fifth, the patient's request should be witnessed by someone other than a relative or someone on the current healthcare team. Sixth, there is a waiting period of 14 days that allows the patient to reflect their decision. Last, the patient can back out of the decision at any point. This guarantees that patients are certain about their decision. Certain illnesses are extremely unlikely to have a cure in the near future, which gives this thought to many patients. With all of the rules established, it prevents the unnecessary deaths of people who just wish to die, but provides options to patients who are truly suffering and see death as the only option left. .
It is a person's individual right to physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. With all the medical advances, people are able to stay alive even if it is against their will. In today's time, "Doctors will readily attest to the ability of modern medicine to slightly prolong life-at the cost of totally destroying its quality." Everyone is the ruler of their own life, and if they wish to die due to their suffering, they should be able to in a peaceful manner. When a family's pet is near their end or suffering from an illness, it is perfectly acceptable to put them to sleep without their consent; should it not be acceptable for us if it is under consent? If patients really wish to die, there are many ways for them to die besides physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. One way is that "individuals already have the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment knowing that this will lead to their death. Clinicians have the same foresight when they remove feeding tubes or disconnect ventilators in these cases." Tony Nicklinson, a patient suffering from "locked in" syndrome, was unable to move a single muscle in his body and described it as "a living nightmare" 3. Since he was unable to kill himself in a peaceful way or ask anyone for help, he decided to starve himself to death, which took a week.