Pros And Cons Of Euthanasia

Topic: should the euthanasia be legalise in Australia?

Introduction background:
The word euthanasia originated from Greek, which mean the termination of a very sick person’s life in order to relieve them from their suffering. It is also the same reason why the euthanasia invented the name mercy killing. The mercy of the killing is usually referred as an easy painless death, this can be done through the demand of a dying patient or legal representative. When such death is done, it is called voluntary death. Other euthanasia type is passive, it means when a doctor failed to provide enough support to prevent death of patient. Another euthanasia type is active, is means when someone intentions cause a death. In Australia, euthanasia assisted suicide is regards as a crimes and it is illegal since federal government overturned the euthanasia laws that was pass to legalise the short-live in Northern

Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 section 50a, clearly stated if person is in position to practice or permitting intentional killing of a or the assisting of a person to terminate his or her life is consider by euthanasia laws as an act of criminal. But in my opinion, euthanasia should be legalise, because it is less pain and moral. Patient’s should have an opportunity and freed of choice to choose their time of death. Peoples with such as cancer disease should have a say when they want to end their life. This is because the cancer is the most dangerous and common disease in Australia, which account a quarter of all death in Australia. As the result of cancer, there is also a major pain associated with cancer suffers and it is a chronic pain. Many cancer patients often experience symptoms of fatigue, weakness, mental illness, anxiety and depression. Most of these symptoms are very hard to be remove or cope with, and may affect the function of the individual sense and