You've been sitting in your hospital bed for at least three months now and the pain and boredom are starting to get even more torturous than you could have imagined. The pain you feel on a daily basis is excruciating; a normal, everyday procedure like using the bathroom or getting something to eat is a long, drawn-out, painful ordeal. All the doctors you've spoken to agree that you will die soon from the disease that has infested your body, but even six months seems like an awfully long time, especially when all you have to occupy your time is lying painfully in a bed, waiting for it to end. Your family and friends are already shocked by the news; they already know that you are on the verge of death and could easily die soon. You don't know much, but you know you just want the pain to stop. Many people are burdened by this horrible situation every day. Fortunately, there is an option they can resort to: euthanasia, also known as medically assisted suicide. Euthanasia is the humane killing of oneself when one is terminally ill. It has been supported and proven moral by many political figures and follows several democratic ideals. Euthanasia is a humane and moral way to end one's life in a period of irrecoverable suffering. The ways in which euthanasia promotes the common good and helps ensure people have their individual rights are numerous. For example, a democratic ideal is to promote the common good. When you have a terminal illness, it not only affects many more people than just the victim; it affects anyone who is close to and cares about that person. When you have another six months of suffering to look forward to, there is nothing you can do to ease the situation... in the middle of the paper... by writing it again. This shows that the Hippocratic Oath is not a good reason not to allow euthanasia in the United States. Now, when one is lying in a hospital bed, suffering from horrible pain, he will know that he has comfort. They can help themselves to end suffering quickly and humanely. They can help stop the pain that family members feel for them. They will be happy that euthanasia was allowed by the United States of America and that many lives will improve because of the choice they can make. Works Cited1. Really, Faye. "How we will die." Free request Winter 2001: Print.2. The first Greek doctors. Hippocratic Oath. ~500 BC3. Kass, Leon. "Neither for love nor for money." Public Interest 1989: print.4. Nuland, Sherwin. "Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in practice." New England Journal of Medicine, February 24, 2000: print.