I will be discussing Euthanasia in my research paper. This interested me because I saw a documentary on netflix about assisted suicide and euthanasia. It was in in England about an old man who wanted to end his life due to his sufferings from an illness. So you got to see a different point of view on why he chose it and the days before the process. Every story has two sides and each one gets to present the “why”? Also going into the topic of assisted suicide and how it’s different. I will also be researching. Euthanasia towards animals, as well as the pharmaceutical chemicals and how they breaks down the body. Do you think people should have option to end their lives with the help of medical procedure? Does their mental illness have an impact …show more content…
For Euthanasia there is active and passive. Active is when someone uses lethal substances or forces to end a patient’s life, whether by the patient or someone else. Active is more controversial, and it is more likely to involve religious, moral, ethical, and empathetic arguments. As for passive euthanasia it is when life sustaining treatments are hold back. The definition is not explicit. If a doctor prescribes increasing doses of strong pain killing medication, such as opioids, this may eventually be toxic for the patient. Some may argue this is passive euthanasia. Assisted suicide has several different definitions. Some people see it as helping a person commiting suicide by providing drugs by self administration. Others people see it as to end someone's sufferings (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/182951.php Legg, Timothy. “What are Euthanasia and Assisted …show more content…
Explaining how Euthanasia should only be used for commision. It should be done secretively, when it should be done frankly, calm, and lawfully. The laws of regulating Euthanasia must of course be flexible, and requirements based on present knowledge may be changed in the future. Another objection to Euthanasia stems from the possibility of fraud and abuse. A con of legalizing Euthanasia would be a bad turn to the medical profession in that it would expand the power and responsibility of physicians, which are already almost unbearably great. Millions of people today live in a hopeless and painful, even a socially useless life without the benefit of incurable disease. If people die in torment it is because qualified medical or nursing is unavailable (https://www.thenation.com/article/euthanasia-pro-and-con/ The Nation, “Euthanasia Pro and