Persuasive Essay On Euthanasia

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When someone we love dies we feel pain, loss, but at least, as Christians, we know he is in a better place. But when someone we love is feeling pain, all what we want is to stop it, at any cost. Because of that, now that we have the technology for prolonging life, the word euthanasia started appearing. Euthanasia, from the Greek “well death”, is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. The fact that we are able to make life longer does not mean that we can make it batter, when the quality of life expected is just of incredible pain, death may seem a better choice. Now that euthanasia is under the lights of press and legislation, choices that were personal a hundred of years ago are made public …show more content…

The Journal of Death and Dying defines euthanasia as < the synonym of the phrase mercy killing that involves either assisting in the commission of suicide or administrating painless and merciful death to a patient that is hopelessly ill> (Journal of Death and dying, 2015). What that “hopelessly” ill means is that there is nothing more for those people in this world, nothing more than pain for them and their families. Letting them go and find peace is an act of mercy and respect for their dignity. In the same article previously quoted we read that (Journal of Death and dying 2015) ; once again we see how euthanasia is a solution and not a condemn for people in pain. For a better understanding, we can look at a case of 1992 in which Dr. Cox had Mrs. Boyes as a patient. The 70 years old lady was suffering pain and agony: she used to scream if anyone tried to approach her and she was no more able to think rationally for more than a couple of minutes because of her pain. She used to ask for death every day, more than once. After years of care and with no hope of improvement, Dr. Cox broke the law and ended her life with an injection of potassium chloride. He was processed and condemned for helping his patient at the best of his capacity. Euthanasia was the last choice for …show more content…

In 1936 king George V was mumbling and cursing and his doctor decided that his dignity and quality of life were being damaged. In accord with the king he administered an injection of cocaine and morphine and ended his life. Nobody questioned that choice but if somebody was to do the same thing now the press would never let him free and the doctor would be probably sued. < In the past physicians could hasten death in special circumstances without the knowledge of their peers, and sometimes without even knowing with certainty whether their actions actually served to actually accelerate the process of dying, the regularity process is now strict enough that such actions cannot easily escape legislation> (Euthanasia and distinctive horizons and moral reasoning) . The way in which the law system may get to much involved in such personal choices is evident in the Englaro case. On January 18 Eluana Englaro is involved in a car accident. She is left completely paralyzed from the neck down and in a vegetative state due to her brain damages. The family started asking for the removal of life support arguing that Eluana had declared to family and friends her will previously. After a fight of 17 years her father finally obtained the removal of life support. In this case the Italian legislation tried to make the choice instead of the family. Eluana’s father had to look at her

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