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Ethical Issues Of Euthanasia

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1. Introduction:
Euthanasia is one of the most sensitive issues in the medical ethics (Alfzali, 2010), that has many complex and dynamics aspects such as, health, human rights ,spiritual, legal, ethical, social and cultural aspects of the civilized society ( Math & Chaturvedi, 2012) Euthanasia is a Greek word which mean " a good death", it is the practice of causing death with least amount of suffering to the patient ( Biswas& Sengupta, 2010). Euthanasia types are varied from active ( administer something to cause death), to passive (withholding life support measures ); voluntary (with consent form), to involuntary ( without consent form), and physician aid ( physician prescribe medication to the patient in a way to cause death)( Math & Chaturvedi, …show more content…

The debates are varied about the right of patient to life versus the right to die , the right of incurable patient to death with dignity to stop the suffering, on the other hand the right of patient to life with providing palliative care (Math&Chaturvedi, 2012).
Position statement is a " brief, concise statement developed by experts, convened to review the research literature for the purpose of advancing the understanding of an issue upon a given topic", it is represent the opinions of the experts in different countries (Mrayyan&AL Azzam, 2015). Therefore, the purpose of this statement paper is to present the opponents and proponents viewpoints regarding euthanasia.
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) proponent of euthanasia for terminally ill patients, that each human should have the right to die in a dignified manner to end the suffering (Bouvia,2010). Euthanasia should be the right of die for terminally ill patients " to maintain independence in personal finances", for economic reasons, and to allows the bed to another patient (Warren, 2013).
Euthanasia is legal to choose in only four places in all the world: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the united state (Warren, 2013). In study conducted in New Zealand to examine New Zealander's attitudes toward euthanasia found that 82% of participants felt it should be legalized. The researchers found that euthanasia is the most appropriate response when the patient was suffering from loss of dignity by 75% respondents, and 65% respondents when the patient was suffering from intractable pain ( Rae, Johnson, &Malpas, 2015).
Euthanasia can be considered as a way to die with dignity for patients with chronic illness whom thinking they are a burden on their family members (Math& Chatuvedi,

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