Topic Proposal

The issue I have decided to focus on in my essay is Euthanasia. Specifically how euthanasia goes against the Hippocratic Oath and the morality of doctors and physicians. Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain or suffering, but the legality and view around the subject have been debated since the times of Ancient Rome. Many people have controversial views on the subject because it a form of suicide to some and killing to others.
Medical students are just one group that are directly impacted by euthanizing.  Like many groups religion makes an impact on how people view the subject, but with medical students they are taught to put aside their feeling in care of patients.  From a study done only around 36% of medical students supported euthanasia while up to 72% showed opposition. From the position of a medical student the same study also showed that of the 36% of students that supported euthanasia only half were prepared to carry out the act.
The main group of people impacted are the patients who want to be euthanized.  As a patient with a terminal illness or someone who is in a great deal of suffering and pain they are ultimately looking for a way to control their diseases. As a means of doing this they turn to euthanasia.  These patients look at euthanasia as a relief of pain and address it as a way out of being a "burden".  In a study researchers found that the most common reasons for patients asking for assisted death include loss of autonomy, loss of control or bodily functions an inability to participate in activities the patients find enjoyable and a determination to control their death.  
One group in particular that has a strong view on the subject of euthanasia are the physicians and doctors who agree that euthanasia is a valid medical procedure.  They view euthanasia as a valid way to give their patients what they want, though they see it as a valid reason if they cannot help the patient in any other way.  Ultimately they believe that suicide is a human right, and can be done in a more humane way than the brutal way people believe suicide is, and they see it as another way of helping their patients.
Lastly is the view of the doctors who oppose euthanizing.  These doctors believe it is a violation of the conduct that a doctor should use.  This is the view of most medical professionals in the US because they have been taught to have a profound repugnance to medial killing.  This view is mainly because the euthanizing of human beings is strictly against the law in the US. These physicians also take this view because if euthanizing were to be legalized most medical professionals would take advantage of the power over their patients, and they fear that power.
My personal view on the topic of euthanasia mirror those of the doctors and physicians who oppose euthanizing. I feel as if euthanizing is a way for someone to justify killing another person.  I am not a very religious person so that view point has nothing to do with my stance on the topic, but I do believe that if some doctors were given the option of legally killing their patients because they were terminally ill or sick they would turn to that option. I also feel like it would give physicians and doctors a certain power over their patients that would disassociate the humanity in a patient/doctor relation.