Pope John Paul II discusses several factors that contribute to the distribution of Euthanasia in his encyclical letter of the ‘Gospel of Life’, revealing that humans are reluctant to accept suffering so they have the temptation to erase the suffering by “hastening the moment of death”. In addition, the Church urges people to preserve their life, but if under the means of torture, danger and anguish, such ‘evil’ actions of assisted dying is permissible. Christianity also believes that palliative care should be encouraged as it promotes human dignity. According to Chochinov, patients who feel like their life has no worth or purpose will feel burdensome to others, so good palliative care is central to the wellbeing of the patient. Amongst the religion of Australia, 68% of Catholics and Protestants are in favour of euthanasia, and around 20% are against it. Despite this disparity, the Catholic Church clearly states that if involved in a religious affiliation, one should consider euthanasia as “morally
Pope John Paul II discusses several factors that contribute to the distribution of Euthanasia in his encyclical letter of the ‘Gospel of Life’, revealing that humans are reluctant to accept suffering so they have the temptation to erase the suffering by “hastening the moment of death”. In addition, the Church urges people to preserve their life, but if under the means of torture, danger and anguish, such ‘evil’ actions of assisted dying is permissible. Christianity also believes that palliative care should be encouraged as it promotes human dignity. According to Chochinov, patients who feel like their life has no worth or purpose will feel burdensome to others, so good palliative care is central to the wellbeing of the patient. Amongst the religion of Australia, 68% of Catholics and Protestants are in favour of euthanasia, and around 20% are against it. Despite this disparity, the Catholic Church clearly states that if involved in a religious affiliation, one should consider euthanasia as “morally