The Killer of Hope: Euthanasia

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When asked, “Why it is important to accept Euthanasia?” the answer is always about releasing patient from pain, but why take a naïve solution when there is hope? Take a second and think about how will a one say goodbye to the ones he love? The answer is obvious, it is impossible to let go of those we love. Hence, one should keep an open mind to the following lines whether you are against or for Euthanasia. Euthanasia or so called physician assisted death stand for intended cessation of person’s life at situation of terminal illness. This is done by either by proposing a fatal drug or withdrawing life-supporting therapy in order to end life of patient. Euthanasia is one of the most debatable issues nowadays as more and more people are questioning whether Euthanasia is mercy killing or hope killing. It is worth stating at this point that Euthanasia must be banned universally on account to ethical, medical and legal reasons. One of the most striking issues of Euthanasia is the ethical consideration. Supporters of Euthanasia usually suggest that we should respect patient’s autonomy and allow them to value their quality of lives. In addition to reducing risk of premature suicide. It is true that every person should have self-control over his life. However, one should take into consideration that legalization of euthanasia could lead to coercing on patients autonomy especially that a person desire to die may be influence by depression or even pain that is curable. A good illustration for this could be a case of a patient who would choose to end his life as he feel culpable of burdens that they inflict into his family’s lives (The Australian Psychological Society Ltd, 2008). Besides this, a study has proved that 90% of patients who were ... ... middle of paper ... ...trieved from http://dredf.org/PIIS1.pdf Life.org.nz,. (2014). Economic Aspects of Euthanasia | The Life Resources Charitable Trust. Retrieved 14 April 2014, from http://www.life.org.nz/euthanasia/euthanasiapoliticalkeyissues/economics/ Life.org.nz,. (2014). Impact of Euthanasia on the Family | The Life Resources Charitable Trust. Retrieved 16 April 2014, from http://www.life.org.nz/euthanasia/euthanasiakeyissues/impact-on-family/ Sanson, A., Dickens, E., Melita, B., Nixon, M., Rowe, J., Tudor, A., & Tyrrell, M. (2011).PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EUTHANASIA AND THE TERMINALLY ILL (1st ed., pp. 7-11). The Australian Psychological Society Ltd. Retrieved from http://www.psychology.org.au/assets/files/euthanasia_position_paper.pdf The Dangers of Assisted Suicide. (2012) (1st ed.). Retrieved from http://www.aul.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dangers-assisted-suicide.pdf

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