But what if the situation is reversed, and the patient wants to die. The medical community's oath to hold human life as sacred contradicts the wishes of the patient. The patient has the right to make decisions involving their own life. The medical community has the legal right to preserve life but the individual should have the right to terminate theirs' if they wish to do so. What if a patient is considered terminally ill but there is one treatment with a chance of one in a million of working but also has a chance of prematurely killing the patient.
Some people believe that suicide is committed by people that are insane.
That they have aggression that they are just turning towards themselves. This in my opinion is where medical professionals should step and stop the act from occuring. One of my favorite literary pieces is a short poem written in 1867. The author of this poem is unknown. It is time friend time.