The term “Euthanasia” originally means good death, now commonly known as mercy killing. The modern meaning of euthanasia according to BBC special report it is described as any action or omission intended to end the life of a patient on the grounds that his or her life is not worth living. Legalization of euthanasia has been a debatable topic in many countries with different views in terms of legal and ethical consideration for both healthcare providers and patients. (Fraser & Walters, 2000) With the development of medicines, there is the increasing number of illness too. Some of them curable some of them incurable making people’s life intolerable, stealing the sense of life. A person with terminal illness who waits for their death has to go
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The opposing argument about euthanasia is based on the premise that patient’s life should be preserved because there could be the possibility of recovery. According to the research conducted in Netherland in 1991, euthanasia only shorten terminally ill patient’s life by a maximum of 1 week. The standard time it shortened their life was by few hours only. This shows assisted suicide or euthanasia is carried out to only those patients who have near impossible chances of recovery and to end the extreme agony. Another argument against euthanasia is that it infringes on a person’s fundamental right to live. The argument itself is contradicting as; they fail to see that death is the part of the life. Netherland being the first country to legalize euthanasia in 2002; however shows the research done in 1991 that 0.8 of euthanasia was done without the consent of patient. After the legalizing the practice of euthanasia, it now has a reverse effect that cut the unacceptable practice to no consent euthanasia. (Morris, 2013) In fact euthanasia saves a life meaning that it now has to be done by protected and regulated framework and must obtain explicit consent before conducting euthanasia which will make it difficult for those seeking to perform euthanasia in irresponsible
The opposing argument about euthanasia is based on the premise that patient’s life should be preserved because there could be the possibility of recovery. According to the research conducted in Netherland in 1991, euthanasia only shorten terminally ill patient’s life by a maximum of 1 week. The standard time it shortened their life was by few hours only. This shows assisted suicide or euthanasia is carried out to only those patients who have near impossible chances of recovery and to end the extreme agony. Another argument against euthanasia is that it infringes on a person’s fundamental right to live. The argument itself is contradicting as; they fail to see that death is the part of the life. Netherland being the first country to legalize euthanasia in 2002; however shows the research done in 1991 that 0.8 of euthanasia was done without the consent of patient. After the legalizing the practice of euthanasia, it now has a reverse effect that cut the unacceptable practice to no consent euthanasia. (Morris, 2013) In fact euthanasia saves a life meaning that it now has to be done by protected and regulated framework and must obtain explicit consent before conducting euthanasia which will make it difficult for those seeking to perform euthanasia in irresponsible