End of Life

Question 1

Palliative Care - Benefit

Answer 1

-Allows people to pass naturally

-Spend more time with family before passing

-Comfy environment

Question 2

Palliative Care - Negative

Answer 2

-Costs a lot

-wrong to make people suffer when they would prefer to die

-Patients could stay in hospices for months before dying

Question 3

Voluntary Euthanasia - Benifit

Answer 3

-End of suffering

-Less costly, £7,000

• Consensual

Question 4

Voluntary Euthanasia - Negitive

Answer 4

-Doctor Administers - doesn’t allow patient to back out last minute

-Kinda killing ppl :/

Question 5

Assisted Dying - Benefit

Answer 5

-End of suffering

-Consensual

• Patient administers drug - time to back out

Question 6

Assisted Dying - Negative

Answer 6

• Killing people
• Only accessible for the terminally ill

Question 7

Christian belief

Answer 7

-Believe Natural death is good -Palliative care, no matter cost

-Against both assisted dying and Euthanasia ‘thou shall not kill’ one of 10 commandments

-Life is a gift from god so you cant end it prematurely

Question 8

Humanist belief

Answer 8

-Believe palliative care is good for those who want it but overly expensive

-Believe euthanasia & assisted dying should be legalised for those who want it + cheaper

Question 9

Utilitarian belief

Answer 9

-Think sick people should opt for euthanasia/ assisted dying
-Saves money for treatments

-Dont agree with palliative care as its far too expensive £400 a bed a night