Also, physicians believe that the government needs to "treat like cases alike," and by that, not all terminally-ill patients can refuse life-saving treatment and that their will hasten death.
The 47-year-old consultant now faces being struck off the Medical Register for attempting to murder a terminally-ill patient.
He said the hospice movement in this country is envied around the world for its success in alleviating the pain of terminally-ill patients.
A HOSPITAL is giving its terminally-ill patients the advance choice to refuse resuscitation if they prefer to die a natural death once their heart stops beating.
They believe that any competent terminally-ill patient should have the right to choose death or refuse life-saving treatment.
Attending to terminally-ill patients, who would rather die, is not the best use of the medical staff.
By keeping PAS and euthanasia illegal, each terminally-ill patient is being discriminated against because they are not able put this option into action.
By having more time with the terminally-ill patient, the doctor is giving them constant care and medical attention.
In 1977, Terry Zuehlke and John Watkins conducted a study analyzing the effectiveness of logotherapy in treating terminally-ill patients.
These results confirm the idea that terminally-ill patients can benefit from logotherapy in coping with death.