What+Is+The+Purpose?

What is the purpose of a living will or DNR? What problems exist around physician-assisted suicide?
[|Yungcity] Jun 15, 2016

Donald Boudreau examines the potential implications that could be faced by the medical teaching fraternity when it comes to the issue of euthanasia as well as physician-assisted suicide. The author utilizes a consequential-basis approach, which enables him to find that euthanasia, which is physician-assisted death, goes against the medical practice and humanism. Humanism is the act or the obligation of providing care to individuals who are in need. Students delve into numerous issues that even affect their personal values and beliefs systems, and they include reproductive technologies, abortion, complementary and alternative medicine (Boudreau 80). Just like the other articles analyzed above, Boudreau believes that the right to a dignified or a good death will remain a controversial topic since there are those who support and oppose euthanasia. Physician-assisted suicide may bring confusion among trainees who would stop believing on the conceptual aspects of traditional clinical techniques, or moral values like do not kill.

Boudreau, J Donald. “Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Can You Even Imagine Teaching Medical Students How to End Their Patients’ Lives?” The Permanente Journal 15.4 (2011): 79–84.