Doctor-assisted suicide Doctor-assisted suicide Doctor-assisted suicide is murder. Using euthanasia, increasing the dosage of morphine, or injecting the patient with a lethal combination of drugs to slow their breathing until they die is also murder. Doctor-assisted suicide is morally wrong. The classical theory for physician-assisted suicide is utilitarianism because according to Mosser 2010, “utilitarianism is an ethical theory that determines the moral worth of an act in terms of its outcomes and whether those outcomes produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people". Utilitarianism will solve the problem of physician-assisted suicide if all doctors keep the oath they say. According to the Hippocratic Oath the doctor says: "I will not give anyone a deadly drug if asked, nor will I make suggestions to that effect." Euthanasia, increased dosage of morphine and a lethal combination of drugs administered to patients by doctor or nurse via injection is a painless death. Some doctors use euthanasia to help the patient(s) die comfortably, without pain and suffering. According to Wiseman, R. 2010, “Palliative care physicians would say that good palliative care eliminates the need for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Removal of life support systems, which include feeding tubes, respirators, and heart machines, is not euthanasia, nor is it assisted suicide. It is simply good palliative care when it occurs at a time when the dying person is supported only by these measures. “Committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide is not a crime. However, helping another person commit... middle of paper... lan, H.. (2010). Assisted suicide and killing of people? Perhaps. Doctor-assisted suicide and patient killing? No: the rejection of Shaw's new perspective on euthanasia. Journal of Medical Ethics, 36(5), 306. Retrieved March 15, 2011, from the Research Library. Mosser, K. (2010). Introduction to ethics and social responsibility. San Diego, Bridgepoint Education, Inc. https://content.ashford.eduRichelle Wiseman. (2010, December 4). A better way to die. Winnipeg Free Press, H.1. Retrieved March 15, 2011, from Canadian Newsstand Complete. Sam McManis. (April 16). Placerville's death raises questions about assisted suicide. McClatchy - Tribune Business News, retrieved March 15, 2011, from ProQuest Newsstand.Suicide. (2010). In Black's Medical Dictionary, 42nd Edition. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/blackmed/suicide