Introduction
Euthanasia is formally known as the act of a physician or health care personnel actively choosing to end the life of someone after the patient has requested the end of their life. Euthanasia is a practice which throughout the years has been on the rise in countries where the practice is legal, including but not limited to Belgium and the Netherlands. From the article, Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada and Europe, it is discussed how euthanasia can be broken up into different definitions depending on how coherent the patient is. Active Euthanasia, which is the term for general euthanasia, is when a physician intentionally ends a patient’s life via medical means upon request by the patient. Involuntary euthanasia on the other hand is when a patient’s life is ended however the patient is mentally competent and did not request their own death. And lastly, nonvoluntary euthanasia is the act of a physician ending the life of a patient who is not mentally competent and could not request their own death (Emanuel et al, 2016).
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In countries where the practice is not legalized, it should look at the general population’s attitudes to the practice and examine if there is a way to make the practice legal with strict guidelines. As stated in the articles already discussed, in countries where the practice of euthanasia is legal there needs to be tighter control over who is allowed to die by euthanasia to prevent an overuse of the practice. Euthanasia is a practice not meant to harm a patient for no reason, but meant to help a patient die peacefully at home if that is what they so choose, so allowing for the practice in additional countries could provide different ways of patients bettering their own
Euthanasia is formally known as the act of a physician or health care personnel actively choosing to end the life of someone after the patient has requested the end of their life. Euthanasia is a practice which throughout the years has been on the rise in countries where the practice is legal, including but not limited to Belgium and the Netherlands. From the article, Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada and Europe, it is discussed how euthanasia can be broken up into different definitions depending on how coherent the patient is. Active Euthanasia, which is the term for general euthanasia, is when a physician intentionally ends a patient’s life via medical means upon request by the patient. Involuntary euthanasia on the other hand is when a patient’s life is ended however the patient is mentally competent and did not request their own death. And lastly, nonvoluntary euthanasia is the act of a physician ending the life of a patient who is not mentally competent and could not request their own death (Emanuel et al, 2016).
Euthanasia if often associated …show more content…
In countries where the practice is not legalized, it should look at the general population’s attitudes to the practice and examine if there is a way to make the practice legal with strict guidelines. As stated in the articles already discussed, in countries where the practice of euthanasia is legal there needs to be tighter control over who is allowed to die by euthanasia to prevent an overuse of the practice. Euthanasia is a practice not meant to harm a patient for no reason, but meant to help a patient die peacefully at home if that is what they so choose, so allowing for the practice in additional countries could provide different ways of patients bettering their own