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EUTHANASIA
Pros and Cons
Euthanasia, also called mercy killing or good death, is the act
or practice of
ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal
illness or an incurable
condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of
extraordinary medical
treatment.
Euthanasia can more helpfully be defined as the intentional
killing by act ormission of a person whose life is felt to be not
worth living.
We have three points for pros and three points for cons that
will discussed about
euthanasia.
PROS :
1. Another case of freedom of choice.
ome believe that every human, every patient, has a right to
choose when
to die. We life in this era where freedom is upheld almost
everywhere.
!nyways, voluntary euthanasia allows patients to make a re"uest
if they
desires their life to be ended.
2. Provides a a! to re"ieve e#treme $ain.
#eople who support euthanasia believe that allowing people to
die with
dignity is kinder, than keep forcing them to continue their
lives with
suffering. $oreover, several disease cant be cured yet, and
patients with
reversible coma that have a low life expectancy.
%. Contro""ed e&thanasia.
#roponents believe that euthanasia can be safely regulated by
government
legislation.
CONS :
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1. Ph!sicians and other medica" care $eo$"e sho&"d not 'e
invo"ved in
ca&sin( death.
Euthanasia is against the doctors oath. %octors oath is an oath
taken by
physicians, essentially promising to use their knowledge to
help, and
essentially improve the "uality of life. %octors are a symbol
for care,
protection, and life. &f doctors begin contradicting their
roles in society, the
bond between doctor and patient will be bad.
2. A"ternative treatments.
!lternative treatments are available, such as hospices care.
'ospice care is
a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the
palliationof a
chronically ill, terminally illor seriously ill patient(s pain
and symptoms,
and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs . We do not
have to kill
the patient to kill the symptoms.
%. Never tr&"! contro""ed.
We could never truly control it. )pening the doors to voluntary
euthanasia
could lead to non*voluntary and involuntary euthanasia, by
giving doctors
the power to decide when a patients life is not worth living.
&n the
+etherlands in -- around , patients were killed without
their
re"uest. /his report proves, where euthanasia is legal, reveal
that doctors
do not always report it.
0ast but not least, we up to a conclusion that euthanasia
shouldnt be a solution in
medical case. /here are so many other ways except of killing
people. Euthanasia
is just a completion that appeared another problems.
TU)AS TERSTRU*TUR +AHASA IN))RIS
PROS AN, CONS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliative_carehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_(medicine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_illnesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_illnesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_(medicine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_illnesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliative_care
