The lines are too blurry to take a proper stance. In most cases it would be murder but imagine “a soldier has their stomach blown open by a shell burst” (BBC) and they plead for the doctor to save them. The doctor realizing “he has no painkilling drugs with him” (BBC) the patient only has a few minutes to live and takes the liberty to shoot the dying patient to end his pain. This case would be categorized as involuntary euthanasia but is what the doctor did really justifiable? In his eyes, it was for the betterment of the patient and most doctors live by the motto to only do good for their …show more content…
This sparked a lot of controversy as many thought doctors would abuse this power and try to steer patients towards euthanasia as the primary option. What people fail to realize is doctors are humans too. Their whole career revolves around saving lives even if it is not what the general public would recognize as saving. Most doctors would only use euthanasia sparingly and try to make the patient consider it as a last resort. People also fear the legalization of euthanasia would cause a rapid increase in the suicide rates for