End of Life Options: Exploring Different Choices

Sociology
General Education Capstone
4/14/2019
End of life options

Sociology 1
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
End of life options...........................................................................................................................3
Death with dignity as an end of life options................................................................................3
Not starting treatment or stopping treatment...........................................................................3
Hospice and Palliative (Comfort) Care....................................................................................4
Palliative Sedation...................................................................................................................5
Voluntary Stop Eating and Drinking (Vsed)...........................................................................6
Suicide as an end of life options..................................................................................................6
Suicide versus homicides.........................................................................................................8
Natural death as an end of life options........................................................................................9
Legal law for death with dignity....................................................................................................10
Case support...............................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................................14

Sociology 2
Introduction
Death is the inevitable end of life. It is believed that people should be assisted to have what they
consider “good death” whenever it is possible. The word good death differs from one person to
person as per the medical condition, personality, as well as the personal circumstances. This
paper offer a discussion related to end of life options solution. It presents the argument, rational
or any of the solution related to concern topic. In the present world, the awareness is increasing
for the end of life options in the market that makes the individual aid in failing and to believer
for Death with the Dignity law for terminally ill which is present at California, Colorado, District
of Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. The paper will throw light on the
different types of options that are available with the individual that is adopted by them due to
different reasons. This includes the end of willingness for living life, for ill people who do not
want to live. It is essential to conduct the research on the topic of end of life options, as it is
significant to comprehend why people want to die. The numbers of deaths are increasing across
the world that includes the natural factors due to which death occurs as well as options that are
adapted for ending life.

Sociology 3
End of life options
In the world, numbers of people who are willing to end their life are increasing in number
because their willingness ends. In addition to this, different countries are offering the right to die,
which is a thought that is grounded on the opinion that every human being is permitted to end
their life or suffer voluntary euthanasia (Moller, 2018). There is the presence of different options
through which an individual can end their life. These options are discussed below-
Death with dignity as an end of life options
Death with dignity is considered as one of the ends of life options that permit particular
terminally ill people with the motive to voluntarily as well as legally receive and request a
medication prescription from the doctors to hasten their death inhumane, peaceful as well as in a
dignified manner. It has been found that death with dignity is majorly administered by state
legislation (Strouse, 2019). Some people who consider the choice of death with dignity should be
alert of some of the options that are presented below -
Not starting treatment or stopping treatment
Presently, some people are terminally ill who find that violent treatment might not be obliging
for them and prolong the procedure of dying. In those circumstances, the aggressive treatment
might increase their sorrow, impair a individual's residual quality of life or might reduce the life
span. In addition to this, there are different people who are unaware of the fact that if they will
not undertake the treatment it will lead to a peaceful death. For instance; individual or persons on
dialysis for the disappointment of the kidney may be able to die in a peaceful manner which can
be by stopping the dialysis (End-of-Life Washington, 2019). Thus, this has been found stopping
medical treatments might increase the level of suffering as well as discomfort. The stopping of