Voluntary Euthanasia is a controversial issue, which has been discussed.
In most places Euthanasia is illegal, because they cannot be sure if.
the patient really want's it. Some people believe if a person is emotionally distraught or of.
unsound mind it would affect their judgment. Others still view these statements as.
voluntary. That is why as long as there are terminally ill people, euthanasia should be.
legal.
Euthanasia is performed only under extreme circumstances, and includes many.
different safe guards to ensure it is voluntary. In order to perform euthanasia, the patient.
must sign a will saying he, of his own free will, has specifically asked to be euthanised. .
Also, there must be a witness in the room when he signs the will, to ensure that there is no.
pressure to sign. .
The term euthanasia comes from the Greek words meaning "good or pleasant.
death". Allot of people like to look at it as suicide(Medical-Surgical Nursing 114). This.
seems like a very extreme way to view it. A better way to describe it would be, "the.
intentional termination of a life by another at the explicit request of the person who dies". .
Euthanasia enthusiasts prefer to call it a peaceful death.
While anti-euthanists distribute radical ideas to put down euthanasia, there is a.
growing support for it. In Scotland 81% think euthanasia should be legal. After a.
television program, about 93% of 23,000 calls, were in agreement. Many more doctors.
also feel that a change in the law is overdue. With this growing support for euthanasia, and.
with a little luck, there is a possibility for a change in the law. .
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Euthanasia's biggest competitor is morality. Many religions feel euthanasia is a.
sin. Such as the traditional western world since St. Augustine, who condemned all forms.
of self-destruction. Some physicians suggest that under some circumstances, when death.
is unavoidable, persons who are severely ill should be helped by their physicians to be.
