Physician Assisted Suicide

From my research on this topic I have learned more about the procedures involved in PAS. Patients opting for PAS need to go through extensive levels of mental health screenings and approval processes in order to opt for PAS. Due to the importance of mental health screenings and approval, I am leaning towards allowing PAS. In cases where a patient is facing a terminal illness, it should be allowed as it is the patient's right to autonomy. While families have a right to involvement in the decision, in cases where the patient is sane and capable of making medical decisions, the patient's decision should be prioritized. While PAS may go against a physician's duty to do no harm (maleficence) in the case where a patient is terminally ill, a physician refusing to perform the procedure only delays the inevitable in a sense causing harm to the patient. Without the option of PAS a patient is forced to suffer for a longer period of time causing more harm for the patient.