Western Governers University A. Functional Differences The functional differences between the Oregon State Board of Nurses (OSBN) and the American Nursing Association (ANA) are varied. The State Board of Nurses is a body of nine individuals chosen by the Governor, only four of whom are Registered Nurses, and one is a nurse practitioner (Oregon State Board of Nursing, n.d.). Some of the things the Board is responsible for is the issuing and renewing of all medical licenses
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patient’s wishes which should be the only form of euthanasia that could be considered murder. Activists debate whether taking someone’s life is right or wrong based on religious concerns or health care practices and many voice a strong opinion. Although Oregon is the only state in America with legal practices of euthanasia, assisted suicide is carried out behind the scenes in other states as well. Many pro-life activists are against the practice of taking a life because they believe it is murder, but helping
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prognosis for your advanced breast cancer diagnosis and the reality that all treatment options have been exhausted. During our discussion your major concern was that you felt your pain is no longer completely controlled and you were only living to die. At that time you expressed a desire to travel to Holland and participate in its physician- assisted suicide program. As your primary care doctor and oncologist for the past fifteen years I am very empathetic and very concerned not only with your physical
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life in order to relieve pain and suffering. Most cases of euthanasia are performed by taking a cocktail of certain medications. Euthanasia is illegal in most states. Only Oregon, Montana, and Washington allow the practice of euthanasia. Some individuals have moved to these states to be able to carry out their wishes to die. Most individuals, religious groups, and organizations do not feel that euthanasia is morally right. They argue that life is valuable in any form and should be lived until
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Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide debate Mary Gundersen HCA 322 November 18, 2013 Linda Hoppe Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide debate Euthanaisa and assisted suicide are heated battle, in which lines have been drawn between warning social, religious, and political groups. Several individuals want this controversial institution erased from the volumes of lawful medicine, but others say that should be able to choose our fates in extreme cases. Either the law makers, neither the country, nor the citizens
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The right to die should be a matter of personal choice. People are allowed to choose all kinds of thing in our life. Like who we spend the rest of our lives with and what kind of work we want to do. We the people believe that there is a right to life. We must accept
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though everyone is entitled to die with dignity, our society does not condone this. Those opposed to this practice argue the religious morality of it. Most patients suffering from a terminal illness or debilitating disease are in favor of euthanasia. The Supreme Court, however, has gone back and forth in recent years as to the legality of human euthanasia. Anyone who is suffering should be able to have the ultimate say as to whether or not they continue to live in pain, or die quietly with dignity.
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The Right to Die December 23, 2012 The Right to Die Imagine for a minute this scenario: For the last 3 years your Mother’s health has been deteriorating from an incurable disease. She has been in and out of the hospital with no improvement and is now unable to eat, has lost all control of bodily functions, depressed and continually
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suffering from it. Because of all the complications and situations branching from this, a problem rising in American society has been whether a patient should be able to consider physician assisted death as an option in this scenario. Some states such as Oregon, Washington, and Vermont have even passed laws that allow physicians to prescribe fatal medication. However, the majority of state legislatures have now passed laws that allow for it to take place. Although physician assisted death may make some people
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by the person’s own hand with the help of a physician (Lewis 264). Generally, the law forbids active euthanasia and the medical profession is officially opposed to it. In the United States, physician-assisted suicide is legal in only four states- Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Vermont (Lewis 265). Death has become more difficult to define and the conventional notion of death seems to be inadequate. To overcome the traditional drawbacks of the traditional definition of death, alternative definitions
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