In most countries across the world, physician-assisted suicide is highly prohibited. The suffering experienced by terminally ill patients towards their end of life constitutes significant anxiety (Dintcho, 2020). These patients go through various emotional distress such as becoming a burden to their loved ones, their pain, and the loss of their quality of life. It is these aspects that contribute significantly to a patient's consideration for physician-assisted suicide.

The debate on assisted suicide has increased over the years. Many perceive it as unethical as it compromises aspects such as beliefs, values, and competence. The decisions also have an impact on a physician's professional standards. Nonetheless, in this case, what is right or wrong becomes a bit complicated as a patient on the verge of death and knows they have a limited life span should be given a chance to decide on whether to stop or continue living and wait for their end (Kamm, 2015). Having an opportunity to choose a dignified death would feel comforting for someone in pain and knows that they will not survive with or without medical intervention. Hence, physician-assisted suicide emerges as ethically permissible as it ends the suffering and agony of a patient.

Those with an opposing view feel that the mandate to end a life resonates with no one else but God. on the other hand, no one should suffer only to die miserably. Assisted suicide is an approach that alleviates family burdens such as financial ones (Dintcho, 2020). The families have already concluded that no medical intervention can cure their loved one and, as such, no need to continue spending on a dead course.

In conclusion, if the decision to end life is voluntarily a patient approach, doctors should not reprimand. An individual in pain should be allowed to decide on how to end their agony. Since it has become a challenge to decide on the ethical aspect of physician-assisted suicide, the government should adopt regulations that will help control these acts to avoid an instance where an individual could take advantage of the same.