Is Euthanasia Terminally Wrong

What is euthanasia? It is the release of a patient's’ life using medicine and/or chemicals. Euthanasia, also called PAD or physician assisted death, is performed by a professional. It is legal in 5 states and Washington DC. Usually they administer a fatal amount of a suitable drug into a patient. The patient is usually the one who asks for the physician to do so. Euthanasia is an ethical issue because some people believe that it is considered murder or the patient may have been able to get well again and instead of fighting it, they gave up. Some doctors won’t condone such accusations in their hospitals, so they won’t perform any euthanasia even if requested by a terminally ill patient. Some people see euthanasia as a humane way for people who are terminally ill …show more content…
Some terminally-ill request assisted suicide or euthanasia as they would trade quantity of life for quality of life. 1 Expressing the right to have a say in your bodily integrity is under the same laws that the Courts passed relating to procreation, refusal of life-saving medical treatments, family relationships , marriage, and child rearing. When people are terminally ill, the quality of life goes down drastically. In the few states that PAD is legal, it is very controlled. There are certain criteria a patient must meet in order for PAD to be an option for them. The criteria includes, but is not limited to: less than 6 months to live and being diagnosed by two or more doctors. Even when it is an option, the physician does not suggest this, it is usually asked for by the patient. Euthanasia and Assisted suicide are two different things. “Euthanasia” is defined as intentionally,