Euthanasia
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| Tallulah Admin  Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 16777215 | Definition of Euthanasia Euthanasia:The word "euthanasia" comes straight out of the Greek -- "eu", goodly or well + "thanatos", death = the good death -- and for 18th-century writers in England that was what euthanasia meant, a "good" death, a welcome way to depart quietly and well from life. The most commonly understood meaning of euthanasia today is more than the old dictionary definition of dying well -- a good and easy death. It refers, for example, to the situation when a doctor induces the death with a lethal injection, of a patient who is suffering unrelievably and has persistently requested the doctor to do so. Suicide, whether irrational or rational, for unrelated reasons is not euthanasia. Nor is the forced killing of another person. The Netherlands is the only country in the world where euthanasia is openly practiced. It is not specifically allowed by statute, but Dutch law accepts a standard defense from doctors who have adhered to official guidelines. These guidelines hinge on the voluntariness of the request and the unrelievable-ness of the suffering. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are defined by the State Commission on Euthanasia. Euthanasia is the intentional termination of life by somebody other than the person concerned at his or her request. Assisted suicide means intentionally helping a patient to terminate his or her life at his or her request. Under Dutch law euthanasia is the termination of life by a doctor at the express wish of a patient. The request to the doctor must be voluntary, explicit and carefully considered and it must have been made repeatedly. Moreover, the patient's suffering must be unbearable and without any prospect of improvement. Pain relief administered by a Dutch doctor may shorten a patient's life. As is the case in other countries, in this is seen as a normal medical decision in terminal care and not as euthanasia. Euthanasia is a matter of continuing controversy, a tinderbox for debate, an issue on which positions range widely and include enthusiastic advocacy, guarded acceptance, outright rejection, and vehement condemnation, equating euthanasia with murder. |
| xxZalanortxx Killjoy  Age: 28 Gender: Male Posts: 79 | We all have the right to die. |
| Alexface. Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 3489 | ^ Could you elaborate on that? |
| Strfckrs Inc. Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 2257 | I believe if we all have the right to live then we all have the right to die really If we're trying to stop people who don't want to be killed being killed then why can't we also let people who want to die, die... It just seems fair enough that theories work in reverse as well |
| normal's overrated. In The Murder Scene  Age: 32 Gender: - Posts: 21176 | I believe that if you're in umbearable pain and there's nothing that can be done for you or you're pretty much just waiting to die then I think it's fine, but I guess it's difficult to define what amount of pain you're in or if you really are close to death or are just suicidal. |
| a touch of anarchy. Shotgun Sinner  Age: - Gender: - Posts: 7981 | I think its fine. Its like putting animals down, really. Your in so much pain, no hope for surviving, if you want to die, then you should. |
| certain romance Thinking Happy Thoughts  Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 475 | if its your choice and you are of course of sound mind and in a fit state to know what is best then it should be your decision |
| Alexface. Salute You in Your Grave Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 3489 | Why should people take away your right to die how you want? I mean, if there's hope for you getting better, then it'd be daft to give up at that point, but if you're in constant pain and there's no hope of recovery, why not go out peacefully instead of painfully? |
| The Original Bob. Demolition Lover  Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 16672 | there is one quote i like that works here. "It's our goddamn right to live, yet still not our choice to die" I think that if you are suffering, and it is obvious, to doctors and to you, that you are not going to get better, that it;s just a matter of time and pain before you die, you should have the choice of euthanasia. I would not want to live in pain. I equate this with "pulling the plug" for patients who are brain dead. I wouldn't want to live brain dead, i would also not want to live in massive amounts of pain with my life just dragging until the end. |
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