Euthanasia
To understand the topic better we would know at least the definition of euthanasia .This term refers to the process by which a physician prescribes and administers a fatal dose of drugs to a terminally ill individual in a controlled medical environment, thus causing their death in a quick and painless manner. Physician-assisted suicide is a type of euthanasia. Assisted suicide, describes the process by which a physician or pharmacist only prescribes the fatal drugs, leaving the terminally ill individual to ingest the drugs on their own, so the patients can kill ourselves with a uncertain right to choose other exit. This process is really disputable, but I think that it is not the best idea. Euthanasia should be banned because the act of killing violates the Hippocratic Oath, is not supported by most countries, and it involves physicians in directly causing death.
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As a result, the Dutch government provided special regulations and created a State Commission on Euthanasia in 1985. In 1991, Dutch laws make doctors to report any instances where they supplied or administered drugs resulting in intentional death of the patient to make sure that they done it truly. However, little is done with this information, as Dutch law officials do not prosecute euthanasia cases if the patient has untreatable and unbearable pain. It shows us that nobody wants to risk and it is hard to provide euthanasia. Thus, these limitations make this process very hard and almost impossible. Patients in this region have requested euthanasia more often in the past decade, with the number of deaths by euthanasia increasing from 8,900 in 1990 to 9,700 in 1995. It is awful numbers. So, we should exclude the possibility to ask for euthanasia to save lives of patient and save psychological health of their relatives (Griswold,
To understand the topic better we would know at least the definition of euthanasia .This term refers to the process by which a physician prescribes and administers a fatal dose of drugs to a terminally ill individual in a controlled medical environment, thus causing their death in a quick and painless manner. Physician-assisted suicide is a type of euthanasia. Assisted suicide, describes the process by which a physician or pharmacist only prescribes the fatal drugs, leaving the terminally ill individual to ingest the drugs on their own, so the patients can kill ourselves with a uncertain right to choose other exit. This process is really disputable, but I think that it is not the best idea. Euthanasia should be banned because the act of killing violates the Hippocratic Oath, is not supported by most countries, and it involves physicians in directly causing death.
First, euthanasia violates the main principles of the …show more content…
As a result, the Dutch government provided special regulations and created a State Commission on Euthanasia in 1985. In 1991, Dutch laws make doctors to report any instances where they supplied or administered drugs resulting in intentional death of the patient to make sure that they done it truly. However, little is done with this information, as Dutch law officials do not prosecute euthanasia cases if the patient has untreatable and unbearable pain. It shows us that nobody wants to risk and it is hard to provide euthanasia. Thus, these limitations make this process very hard and almost impossible. Patients in this region have requested euthanasia more often in the past decade, with the number of deaths by euthanasia increasing from 8,900 in 1990 to 9,700 in 1995. It is awful numbers. So, we should exclude the possibility to ask for euthanasia to save lives of patient and save psychological health of their relatives (Griswold,