Euthanasia is an Ancient Greek noun that translates as an ‘easy death’, but by definition this contains ambiguity. It connotes that the death is a painless one, but also suggests that the death will be a relief from an intolerable condition of living so that the death is good in itself .
Euthanasia is mostly referred to the assisted killing of a human being for their own good, usually to end their suffering of a terminally ill disease or some other state of irreversible disease. An example of human euthanasia is when a doctor prescribes an overdose of medicine to a patient with terminal cancer so that they can die peacefully and avoid the ongoing pain and suffering of the disease. This is also called “Medically Assisted Suicide” and is legal …show more content…
This has to be done by weighting the pros and cons of the various practices of human euthanasia.
Arguments supporting euthanasia in the United Kingdom include the end of suffering, the freedom of choice to decide how and when one dies and being able to die with dignity. Opposing arguments include that euthanasia is a criminal act, such as murder, and that the desire to die prematurely is one that, mostly, people with depression have. However, no degree of depression treatment can change the circumstances of a patient’s condition. A terminal illness is always terminal and there is no viable escape from it .
The advancement in medical technology leads to people living longer and this very fact can make someone suffer for long periods of time due to illnesses and unfortunately this means a slow and suffering death. In circumstances like this, assisted suicide can be perceived as a logical choice. Supporters of human euthanasia argue that all people should have the same degree of control in choosing the circumstances that surround their death, as they actually do in choosing the manner in which they
Euthanasia is mostly referred to the assisted killing of a human being for their own good, usually to end their suffering of a terminally ill disease or some other state of irreversible disease. An example of human euthanasia is when a doctor prescribes an overdose of medicine to a patient with terminal cancer so that they can die peacefully and avoid the ongoing pain and suffering of the disease. This is also called “Medically Assisted Suicide” and is legal …show more content…
This has to be done by weighting the pros and cons of the various practices of human euthanasia.
Arguments supporting euthanasia in the United Kingdom include the end of suffering, the freedom of choice to decide how and when one dies and being able to die with dignity. Opposing arguments include that euthanasia is a criminal act, such as murder, and that the desire to die prematurely is one that, mostly, people with depression have. However, no degree of depression treatment can change the circumstances of a patient’s condition. A terminal illness is always terminal and there is no viable escape from it .
The advancement in medical technology leads to people living longer and this very fact can make someone suffer for long periods of time due to illnesses and unfortunately this means a slow and suffering death. In circumstances like this, assisted suicide can be perceived as a logical choice. Supporters of human euthanasia argue that all people should have the same degree of control in choosing the circumstances that surround their death, as they actually do in choosing the manner in which they