Abstract:
Medical ethics has become a highly discussed topic in the United States. Physician assisted suicide is one of the most commonly discussed ethical issues in the medical field. Physician assisted suicide dates back to the ancient Greek and Roman empires but has only become a heavily talked about subject in the past century. An unbiased analysis of the ethics behind physician assisted suicide along with the physicians' perspective is challenging and, therefore, rare to find. I attempt to give an unbiased look into the history, pros and cons, current issues, ethics, physician perspective and future of physician assisted suicide with a focus on terminally ill senior patients. This will allow readers to form their own opinions about physician assisted suicide before I reveal my personal opinion on the subject.
