Intentionally ending the life of a human being through deliberate actions by a trained physician, or euthanasia, is a practice widely used around the nation. The term ‘euthanasia’ was originally used to generally describe as an easy death, but over time developed into induced death. Historically speaking, the first acknowledgements on the subject was made in Greece and Rome around the fifth century B.C. Throughout time and hundreds of years of valuable use, euthanasia has been commonly known as mercy killing, and has formed into two distinct groups: active and passive. With development of society, passive is no longer referred to as euthanasia, but termination of life-sustaining treatment. In the article “Euthanasia,” the author states,
