Expository Essay On Euthanasia

In healthcare, saving one’s life is as equally important as supporting them in their death. Death is a natural part of one’s life and frequently occurs in the healthcare world. The realization of death as a part of health care has brought about several resources that assist patients with the dying process. Hospice and Palliative Care are two resources that are particularly useful when a patient nears the end of life. However, some patients choose to not use these resources and instead pursue a path of ending their life. Often these patients are either under immense suffering or impending suffering due to a terminal illness. To avoid the suffering that often occurs with terminal illnesses, patients may contemplate the use of euthanasia to ease their suffering in this life. However, euthanasia, particularly physician assisted suicide, is harmful to physicians, harmful to patients, and on both accounts in conflict with a Christian worldview.
Euthanasia Defined
There are several types of euthanasia ranging from omission of medical care to introduction of a deadly substance into the body to hasten death. Death generally is not equated with happy times, although the term euthanasia literally means …show more content…
From a religious view, God values all human life, therefore a premature death by physician assisted suicide would not be morally right. However, human suffering also requires mercy and Brittany would definitely be subject to intense suffering in the days to come. God is the sovereign authority and it would be inappropriate for a human to take control and end one’s life. Human life is valuable to the last day and at times suffering can be the primer for God’s amazing work (Geisler, 2010). For a Christian, the act of determining the correct ethical action is found in the Bible. The Bible and prayer offer the only acceptable guidance to determine a morally appropriate