Death with Dignity
When is ending the better solution to suffering or pain or a lack of possibility to get better? The definition of Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. “The English medical word "euthanasia" comes from the Greek word eu meaning "good," and the Greek word thanatos meaning "death."(Medical New Today) Originally euthanasia was said to be a good thing, an honorable death. The roots of the word itself mean good death. It was an alternative to a slow and painful death. According to Hippocrates "To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause his death.”(Medical News Today).In ca. 460 BC - ca. 370 BC it was normal and well …show more content…
It was especially common for warriors so then they would not have to deal with a less dignified and slow death. Euthanasia should be legalized because it is a way that stops people from suffering, lets people choose how they die. Also it lets them choose how their family will picture them in the end and also lets family not have to pay for care that will just be a long painful process.
Everyone has there own opinion on it and more people think about it from time to time. Even “recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church, once envisaged a utopian community”.(Medical News Today) In this investigation he explored the pros and cons of suicide and death with dignity. In england “Suicide was a criminal act from the 1300s until the middle of the last century”.(Medical News Today) Suicide itself was illegal in England and so was doctor assisted death or death with dignity. Yet this was recently changed. In New York “An anti-euthanasia law was passed in the state of New York in 1828,yet in During the 1960s advocacy for a right-to-die approach to euthanasia grew.”. (Medical News Today)Throughout the years there was a change in the normal thinking. In the beginning due to religion and the
When is ending the better solution to suffering or pain or a lack of possibility to get better? The definition of Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. “The English medical word "euthanasia" comes from the Greek word eu meaning "good," and the Greek word thanatos meaning "death."(Medical New Today) Originally euthanasia was said to be a good thing, an honorable death. The roots of the word itself mean good death. It was an alternative to a slow and painful death. According to Hippocrates "To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause his death.”(Medical News Today).In ca. 460 BC - ca. 370 BC it was normal and well …show more content…
It was especially common for warriors so then they would not have to deal with a less dignified and slow death. Euthanasia should be legalized because it is a way that stops people from suffering, lets people choose how they die. Also it lets them choose how their family will picture them in the end and also lets family not have to pay for care that will just be a long painful process.
Everyone has there own opinion on it and more people think about it from time to time. Even “recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church, once envisaged a utopian community”.(Medical News Today) In this investigation he explored the pros and cons of suicide and death with dignity. In england “Suicide was a criminal act from the 1300s until the middle of the last century”.(Medical News Today) Suicide itself was illegal in England and so was doctor assisted death or death with dignity. Yet this was recently changed. In New York “An anti-euthanasia law was passed in the state of New York in 1828,yet in During the 1960s advocacy for a right-to-die approach to euthanasia grew.”. (Medical News Today)Throughout the years there was a change in the normal thinking. In the beginning due to religion and the