Euthanasia
.... term referring to an easy death as opposed to an agonizing or
tormented dying. In Greek literature, euthanasia connoted a "happy death,
an ideal and coveted end to a full and pleasant life." The concern to die
well is as old as humanity itself, for the questions surrounding death
belong to the essence of being human.
All people die, but apparently only people know they are to die. They
live with the truth that life is under the sentence of death. Thus, from
the "beginning of the species co .....
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Euthanasia
.... very dim with the crime and corruption in today1s
world, we can1t afford to throw lives away because some think they1re
meaningless. If we continue to accept the merciless killings and suicides
of the helpless but powerful, the light will soon burn out. There will be
no energy in the world. Euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide should not
be accepted or allowed by the government and people of the United States.
Statistics show that seventy-three percent of the U.S. population
approved of some fo .....
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When Is Now? Euthanasia And Morality
.... Jack
were a dog, I thought, what would be done to him?' The answer was obvious:
the pound, and the chloroform. No human being with a spark of pity could
let a living thing suffer so, to no good end." (James Rachel's The
Morality of Euthanasia)
The experience of Stewart Alsop, a respected journalist, who died in
1975 of a rare form of cancer gave an example on the morality of euthanasia.
Before he died, he wrote movingly of his experiences with another terminal
patient. Although he had not tho .....
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Euthanasia In Canada
.... well-being, happiness,
family support, and individual rights.
The word euthanasia simply means good death, but has come to mean
causing death with intent, whether by doing something (commission), or by
omitting something(omission). Euphemisms of the pro-euthanasia movement,
include "right to die", and "death with dignity". The term "passive
euthanasia" is often applied to the withdrawal of useless treatment that is
onlyprolonging the dying of a person. This needs to be differentiated from
withdra .....
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Why I Believe In Voluntary Euthanasia
.... in the English-speaking world. (It used to be,
and was punishable by giving all the dead person's money and goods to the
government.) Attempted suicide is no longer a crime, although under health
laws a person can in most states be forcibly placed in a psychiatric
hospital for three days for evaluation.
But giving assistance in suicide remains a crime, except in the
Netherlands in recent times under certain conditions, and it has never been
a crime in Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Uruguay. The r .....
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The Case For Euthanasia: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?
.... suicide, as well as where the state courts stand in respect
to this most delicate of issues.
In the hopes of clarification, we must first distinguish between
active and passive euthanasia. Passive euthanasia involves the patient's
refusal of medical assistance. It involves the right to die which is
protected by the United States Constitution clauses of due process liberty
and the right to privacy (Fourteenth Amendment). The right to doctor-
assisted suicide, or active euthanasia, consists .....
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Regulate And Reform Euthanasia
.... was reversed. Karen was removed from the
respirator. To everyone's surprise, Karen began breathing on her own and
lived another ten years (Humphry 107).
The Quinlan case brought to the forefront patients' desire to die a
proud, quiet death. It also brought to the forefront the complications
caused by the advancement of medical technology ("Euthanasia"27).
Euthanasia has been practiced in Eastern and Western culture since the
beginning of civilization. The capability of medical technology to exten .....
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Euthanasia
.... could do alot in that six months. They write an autobiography or a
novel, do a lot of reading or traveling, who knows? It has been said that
trials and pain make us stronger. Even if someone is in pain, that pain
could make them mentally stronger than if they give up and take the easy
way out. Life is pain, everyone goes through pain in their lives, but most
stick it out to the end, not giving up taking the easy way out. As long as
a person still is able to know what is happening around the .....
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Euthanasia: The Right To Die
.... man needs to sleep, and there comes
a time when it is wrong, as well as useless to resist."
-Steward Alsop, Stay of Execution
Euthanasia has become an issue of increasing attention because of Dr.
Jack Kevorkian's assisted suicides. As of October 21 Kevorkian has
assisted in nineteen suicides. Because of the increasing number of suicides
in Michigan, Gov. Engler signed an anti-suicide law in late February that
made doctor-assisted suicides a felony. During the 21-month trial peri .....
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Euthanasia
.... to experience
great suffering, do you, or do you not think that competent doctors should
be allowed by law to end the patient's life through mercy killing, if the
patient has made a formal request in writing?"
As you can see, when a case is not immediately life threatening, the
general publics answer is mixed. The people who answered no may be thinking
of treatment that has not been tried yet or treatment that may come in the
future due to new technologies. Medical Advancements: During the last .....
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Euthanasia
.... patients in arrest are unconscious at
the time of resuscitation, it can be a brutal procedure, and if the patient
regains consciousness, its aftermath can involve considerable pain. In many
such cases, the patient will die whether or not the treatments are
performed. In some cases, however, the principle of mercy may also demand
withholding treatment that could extend the patient's life if the treatment
is itself painful or discomfort. The principle of mercy may also demand
letting die in a still .....
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Assisted Suicide
.... that have been brought before the
American courts.
Suicide has become a big part of American society, year after year
more people are taking their own lives for many different reasons. A lot
of philosophers have broken down all the reasons of suicides into two
different categories, rational suicide and irrational suicide. A rational
suicide has been given five basic criteria that usually must be met for the
person's act to be considered rational. The five criteria which a person
must show for the .....
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Suicide Solution
.... one less person here on there will not make a large dent. Yet if
everyone who attempts or had attempted suicide were not stopped, the
impact would be noticed.
Another popular argument for stoppers, people who want to prevent
suicide, is that nothing can be bad enough. Yet how do they know this?
They do not have to put up with the same stuff the suicide victim does
everyday. How could they possibly know what the potential suicide victim
feels. Just as a severely burned victim may wish to be allowed .....
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Euthanasia: People Should Have The Right To Choose
.... There is no reason to keep them alive. The only way to end their
physical life is by euthanasia. The question is whether to do this by way of
active euthanasia or passive euthanasia. Many are against active euthanasia
because in this case you actually kill the person rather than letting them die.
But both methods are used for the same end which is to end someone's life
without further pain for the patient as well as for the family. The only choice
to make after this fact is established is which of th .....
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Euthanasia: The Right To Die
.... nerves that control the muscles. The results
of which are weakness, paralysis, and eventually death. That is what Sue
Rodrigous was suffering from for well over a year. Knowing that her condition
was only going to get worse, and eventually, after the pain and suffering, would
result in death, Sue wanted to die. She wanted people to remember her as a
lively healthy woman, not just a body lying helpless in a hospital bed. With
that thought in mind, Sue went to court to fight for right to die by euthana .....
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